Ancient Andes" With their help, in 1949 she published her theories on the Nazca Lines in her book The Mystery on the Desert. Lima, 1949 Reiche, Maria: Vorgeschichtliche Scharrbilder in Peru. | Maria Reiche Médica Peruana, 1949. As astronomers begin to apply their knowledge to ancient sites, and as archæologists begin to learn a little astronomy, a greater understanding of the skywatching activities of ancient peoples is emerging. medica peruana , 1949 - 67 Seiten 1949 Edition, "Geheimnis Der Wuste/ google_ad_channel ="6699810230"; please send us a book Mystery on the Desert: A Study of the Ancient Figures and Strange Delineated Surfaces Seen from the Air Near Nazca, Peru Maria Reiche Ed. google_color_border = "000000"; //-->, "Pathways to the Gods: The Mystery of the Andes Lines" ... Today is Maria Reiche wurde in Dresden als ältestes von drei Kindern des Amtsgerichtsrates Felix Reiche-Grosse und dessen Ehefrau Elisabeth geboren. The area became a Unesco World Heritage Site in 1994. google_color_border = "000000"; document.write(dayNames[dt.getDay()] + ", " + monthNames[dt.getMonth()] + " " + dt.getDate() + ", " + y); Maria Reiche spent the next fifty years living on the Nazca Plain close to the area of the drawings, painstakingly mapping each one, and trying to protect them from the encroaches of modern civilisation. Spanish & English Lone Star Lore: Myth, Mystery, and Haunted History; Manna Machine; Marfa Lights by Judith Brueske; MILABS: Mind Control & Alien Abduction; Mind Control Wars; Mummies of Short Cave Kentucky and the Great Catacomb Mystery; My Trip to Mars, the Moon, and Venus; Mystery on the desert; Pre-columbian Literatures of México; Pyramid Power google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; But this Inca empire was only the final link in a chain of urban development stretching back to 2500 B.C. Even when equal in size, there are, as in living beings, never two the same.". The astronomical considerations suspected by Maria Reiche during her 50 years of studying the geoglyphs on the Nazca plain have in many cases since proven to have been accurate. Animals & Landscape Probably the best known examples of geoglyphs are the magnificent lines and drawings carved into the desert on the Nazca Plain in Peru - only able to be seen in their fullness from the air. Secreto De La Pampa" Mystery on the Desert - a tribute to the work of Maria Reiche on the Nazca plain. 0 Reviews. This scholarly yet accessible book provides a penetrating examination of this important civilization.". Schulze, Bilderbuch der Wüste - Maria R. und die Linien und Bodenzeichnungen von Nasca, Halle 2005. "The geometric drawings give at closer inspection the impression of a cipher-script, in which the same words are sometimes written in huge letters, at another time in minute characters. Figures On The Plain google_color_border = "000000"; by } google_ad_width = 160; 1932 nahm sie eine Stelle als Hauslehrerin beim deutschen Konsul in Cusco, Peru, an. & They are traced in the arid soil of the desert, covering an extensive area, some 450 km 2(170 sq mi) and they are believed to be over 1,500 years old. (Preface), "Mystery on the desert: A study of the ancient figures and strange delineated surfaces seen from the air near Nazca, Peru" (Peoples of America)" A remarkable woman to whom the world owes a great debt of gratitude. In 1980 Georg Petersen pointed out that Reiche's theory did not explain the different lengths and widths of the lines. German/English/Spanish Mystery on desert Nazca - Perù , Geheimnis der Wuste - Secreto de la pampa by Maria Reiche and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. var dayNames = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"); 1968 Edition, "Peruanische Erdzeichen/Peruvian Ground Drawings Literatur T. Morrison, Pathways to the Gods - the Mystery of the Andes, London 1987; V. Zetzsche/D. by | | [nach diesem Titel suchen] Vorbericht für eine wissenschaftliche Deutung der vorgeschichtlichen Bodenzeichnungen von Nazca, Peru und Einführung in ihr Studium. by else return false; Signed by author, "Maria And The Stars Of Nazca / Maria Y Las Estrellas De Nazca" var y = dt.getYear(); For over 50 years Maria Reiche lived at Nazca prtoecting the lines and drawings which are only visible from the air. | Geheimnis der Wuste, Mystery on the Desert, Secreto de la Pampa by Reiche, Maria and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.co.uk. by } "August","September","October","November","December"); Today's Google doodle honours a woman who spent her life trying to unlock the mysteries of the shapes. Mystery on the Desert: A Study of the Ancient Figures and Strange Delineated Surfaces Seen from the Air Near Nazca, Peru: Author: Maria Reiche: Publisher: Ed. Maria Reiche, the German mathematician renowned for her investigative work into the Nazca Lines, has been honoured in the Google Doodle for May 15, 2018. more information Maria alone discovered and unburied thousands of lines, “hundred of triangles and quadrangles”, and dozens of gigantic figures. Maria Reiche Die Linien und Bodenzeichnungen von Nasca sind eines der letzten großen Rätsel der Menschheit. | V… : Landscape Geometry google_ad_width = 728; Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Bibliographic information. It is an oblique view, and can give an idea of the sheer vastness of the endeavour undertaken by the ancient people of Nazca. And, as you will see from some of the aerial photographs, car tracks, horses hoof prints, and even the Pan-American highway have all contributed to the destruction of a number of the drawings. Here's what we know—and what remains to be seen. 2019 Skywatching Calendar | google_ad_channel ="1949099741"; A Study of the Ancient Figures and Strange Delineated Surfaces Seen from the Air Near Nazca, Peru, Strange and immense patterns visible from the air, Figures brightened up for study and photography, Other remains of ancient peoples found among the tracings, Mystery on the Desert: A Study of the Ancient Figures and Strange Delineated Surfaces Seen from the Air Near Nazca, Peru. google_ad_format = "160x600_as"; google_color_url = "00CCFF"; She died aged 95 in Peru in June 1998, and left many feeling that the great Nazca geoglyphs have lost their champion. But who was Maria Reiche? An additional factor contributing to the ground remaining undisturbed for hundreds of years is that the soil contains a certain amount of gypsum which, moistened by daily morning-dew, slightly affixes every stone to its base. 1996-2019 Armed with a compass, a ladder-like a watchtower, and a broom, Maria Reiche was known throughout the Nazca Valley as "the woman who sweeps the desert". Hardcover Nach dem Besuch der Städtischen Studienanstalt für Mädchen in Dresden studierte sie Mathematik, Physik und Geographie an der Technischen Hochschule Dresden und schloss 1928 mit dem Staatsexamen ab. google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_client = "pub-9259018507367545"; Just to have constructed these magnificent geoglyphs is an achievement in itself. google_color_bg = "000000"; "Nasca society arose on the south coast of Peru 2000 years ago and evolved over the course of the next 700 years. Hardcover Little wonder, then, that Maria Reiche in her book, "Mystery on the Desert", quotes the original discoverer of the mysterious lines, trapezoids and geoglyphs at Nazca, Dr. Paul Kosok, as saying that in his opinion they represented: "the largest astronomy-book of the world", all quotes on these tribute pages are from document.write('send this page<\/A> to a friend'); The remarkable degree of precision with which the Nazcans surveyed and constructed the drawings, lines and trapezoid figures is astounding. google_ad_width = 728; var monthNames = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July", google_color_text = "FFD060"; // Array of day names "Mystery on the Desert" |, please take a look at our Ancient Mysteries Bookshoppe for a wide selection of books Rodger Osban, "Ancient Nasca Maria Reiche wurde am 15. by These mysterious lines are named as Nazca lines or Nazca lines and are still a mystery. They were a set of massive images, symbols carved into the earth, so big that they were unrecognizable from ground level. The apparently random way in which straight lines of varying width criss-cross other drawings seems at first to have no signifigance. All drawings are composed of a certain limited number of basic elements, which between them show a certain range of variation. These were discovered in 1939 by Dr. Paul Kosok of Long Island University, who in 1946 handed over all his information about these amazing geoglyphs on the Nazca Plain to Maria Reiche, a mathematician and graduate of Hamburg University. Birds On The Pampa Reiche, Maria: Mystery on the Desert. by var dt = new Date(); Maria Reiche, in fact an archaeoastronomer too, ... phenomena, publishing a book on her works entitled "The Mystery on the Desert" in 1949. 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