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Maria was born in Dresden, May 15 1903 and died in Peru, June 8th 1998
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pgm0001 Maria Reiche with researcher Allan Reditt 1963
pgm0183 Maria Reiche using Contax camera on pampa in 1950s
pgm0070 Maria Reiche, Pampa San Jose, Nasca, August 1986 aged 83
pgm0228 1961 Renate Reiche bought an old Vollkswagen for her sister Maria pgm0231 Maria Reiche - desert markings of the monkey's hand - 1955 pgm0216 Maria Reiche measuring lines on the Nasca desert in 1977
pgm0185 Maria Reiche at work in 1950s
pgm0021 Maria Reiche Nasca 1979
pgm0079 Maria Reiche, Pampa San Jose, Nasca, August 1986 aged 83
pgm0238 Maria Reiche taking measurements at Pachacamac near Lima in 1942
pgm0215 Maria Reiche at work on the Nasca pampa in 1946
pgm0239 Maria Reiche defending the Nasca site at a press conference 1955
pgm0229 Maria Reiche measuring on the Nasca desert in the early 1980s pgm0230 Maria Reiche - desert markings of the monkey's hand - 1955
pgm0242 Maria Reiche and Tony Morrison on the desert 1977 Maria was then 74.
pgm0222 Maria Reiche (right) with her mother Elizabeth 'Ellie' Reiche and brother Franz 1909/10
pgm0225 Maria Reiche with brother Franz and sister Renate (left)
pgm0227 Maria Reiche about 3 years old - ca 1906
pgm0220 Maria Reiche with her mother Elizabeth 'Ellie' Reiche in Peru 1950s
pgm0218 Maria Reiche and her sister Renate 1913
[gm0221 Maria Reiche's father Max Felix Reiche
pgm0223 Maria Reiche aged 29/30 in countryside near Cuzco, Peru highlands
pgm0224 Maria Reiche about 1927 when she was a student in Hamburg
pgm0236 Maria Reiche in Moya near Ayacucho 1960
pgm0235 Maria Reiche in London in 1976.
pgm0217 1977 Maria Reiche outside her home in San Pablo (now the Maria Reiche museum)
pgm0244 Maria Reiche on the desert 1969. Maria was then 66.
pgm0247 Maria Reiche aged 83 and her sister Renate - 1986.
pgm0248 Maria Reiche aged 83 - 1986
 pgm0249 Maria Reiche awarded an Honorary doctorate by the University of San Marcos, Lima
     
pgm0061 Maria Reiche & her sister Dr Renate Reiche, Hotel Royal, Nasca, Peru 1986 pgm0168 Maria Reiche 90 years old in Nasca Swimming Pool pgm0174 Interior of Maria Reiche Museum / Ingenio, nr Nasca
pgm0100 Maria Reiche (83) & her sister Dr Renate, Tourist Hotel, Nasca, Peru 1986. pgm0113 Maria Reiche (83) & her sister Dr Renate, Tourist Hotel, Nasca, Peru 1986 pgm0055 Maria Reiche & her sister Dr Renate Reiche, Pampa San Jose, Nasca, Peru 1986
pgm0152 Maria Reiche 90 years old in a wheelchair / Nasca desert pgm0154 Maria Reiche 90 years old in a wheelchair / Nasca desert
pgm0189 1986 postage stamp -commemorates award of national honours for Maria Reiche
pgm0251 Cover of Maria Reiche's book "Mystery on the Desert" published 1949
pgm0209 front Page of La Republica says Goodbye Maria/ 9 June 1998
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These photographs are from three television films- 1963,1978,1994 and two books- 1978, 1986 by Tony Morrison about Maria Reiche and the Nasca desert markings. Pictures by Tony Morrison, Marion Morrison, the late Renate Reiche and others.

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