Maria Reiche

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archaeologist cultural heritage activist human mathematician researcher

Maria Reiche was a German-born mathematician and archaeologist renowned for her pioneering research and preservation work on Peru’s Nazca Lines.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeologist → cultural heritage activist → human → mathematician → researcher →
awardReceived	Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → Order of the Sun of Peru →
birthName	Maria Reiche →
burialPlace	Nazca →
causeOfDeath	ovarian cancer →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → Peru →
countryOfDeath	Peru →
dateOfBirth	1903-05-15 →
dateOfDeath	1998-06-08 →
describedAs	Lady of the Lines →
educatedAt	Technical University of Dresden → University of Hamburg NERFINISHED →
employer	Peruvian government →
familyName	Reiche →
fieldOfWork	archaeology → cultural heritage preservation → mathematics →
givenName	Maria →
hasMemorial	Maria Reiche Museum in Nazca → Maria Reiche Observatory Tower near Nazca →
heritageSiteAdvocatedFor	Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana →
knownFor	preservation of the Nazca Lines → research on the Nazca Lines → theory that Nazca Lines had astronomical significance →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English → German → Spanish →
movedTo	Peru →
movementDate	1932 →
name	Maria Reiche →
notableIdea	Nazca Lines as a giant astronomical calendar →
notableWork	The Mystery on the Desert →
occupation	archaeologist → mathematician → teacher → translator →
placeOfBirth	Dresden NERFINISHED →
placeOfDeath	Lima →
residence	Lima → Nazca →
sexOrGender	female →
workedOn	Nazca Lines → Palpa geoglyphs →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maria Reiche →	birthName
Nazca Lines →	earlyAerialStudyBy
Maria Reiche →	name
Nazca Lines →	researcherAssociatedWithPreservation