Association "Dr. Maria Reiche - Lines and Figures of the Nasca Culture in Peru"

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Maria Reiche and the Nasca Lines

They are one of the greatest mysteries of the world – the famous soil drawings in the south of Peru. The Dresden-born scientist Maria Reiche tried to disclose the secret around the creation and meaning of the geoglyphs. Her theory, which says that it is a huge astronomical calendar installation, isn’t proved until today. But her untiring effort led to the protection of the delicate desert pictures by the UNESCO in the year 1995.
After destroying of a considerable part through road building, car traces and curious pedestrians in the last decades it is particularly important to be active on the maintenance of this cultural heritage for the posterity, also in the view of pollution and the change in climate. For this our association “Dr. Maria Reiche – Linien und Figuren der Nasca-Kultur in Peru” stands, which was established in Dresden.