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MuseumsSite Name: Museo Maria Reiche
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 3.239 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Museum

Latitude: 14.6822S  Longitude: 75.1358W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Museum in Ica Department.
A small Museum in the former home of Maria Reiche, the archaeologist perhaps most responsible for both the popularization and preservation of the Nazca Lines. Reiche (1903-1998) theorized that the lines were built as an observatory and astronomical calendar, and idea that has been generally discredited. However, she devoted her considerable energy and her own money to educate and lobby for permanent government protection for the lines from development.

She was also one of the first to demonstrate, with simple tools, how designs of the Nazca Plain could be created. Her methodology has been used many times to replicate increasingly complex designs, and had lead to the discovery of partially completed ancient figures.

The museum contains her papers, photographs, and personal effects. Reiche is also buried on the grounds.
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