PERU: NAZCA TOWN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARCHAEOLOGIST MARIA REICHE NEWMAN ON HER 92nd BIRTHDAY

Record ID: 190459

  • Title: PERU: NAZCA TOWN PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARCHAEOLOGIST MARIA REICHE NEWMAN ON HER 92nd BIRTHDAY
  • Date: 17th May 1995
  • Summary: NAZCA, PERU (MAY 17, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) (MUSIC) 1. GV MORNING VIEWS IN THE NAZCA DESERT AND MOUNTAINS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. GV ANCIENT DESIGN CARVED IN DESERT/ZOOM (2 SHOTS) 0.24 (NATURAL) 3. TRACK/GV CAR CARRYING MARIA REICHE NEWMAN AND HER SISTER, RENATA, TRAVELS TOWARDS AREA WHERE THE LINES ARE SITUATED/CAR ARRIVING IN THE DESERT/ZOOM OUT (3 SHOTS) 0.48 4. SLV NEWMAN (IN A WHEELCHAIR) AND HER SISTER LOOKING AT THE DESERT 0.54 5. GV PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE LINES (2 SHOTS) 1.02 6. CU NEWMAN 1.05 7. SV/VARIOUS OF NEWMAN LISTENING TO MUSICAL BAND DURING BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS (4 SHOTS) 1.24 8. MCU NEWMAN'S DOCTOR (UNIDENTIFIED) SAYING THAT NEWMAN IS HEALTHY FOR A PERSON WHO IS 92 YEARS OLD (SPANISH) 1.31 9. SV NEWMAN GOING THROUGH THE STREETS,PEOPLE CHANTING "MARIA, MARIA" 1.45 10. GV PEOPLE CLAP/SV EMBRACE NEWMAN AND SISTER/ NEWMAN WITH AWARD (3 SHOTS) 1.49 11. MCU PRESIDENT OF THE MARIA REICHE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE NAZCA LINES SAYING IT IS DIFFICULT TO TAKE OVER NEWMAN'S WORK (SPANISH) 2.07 12. GV PLANE TAKING OFF, PREPARING TO FLY OVER LINES 2.13 13. AERIAL VIEW OF THE LINES AND DESIGNS 2.18 14. SV INTERIOR OF PLANE 2.20 15. AERIAL FIGURE CARVED IN DESERT 2.22 16. LV/SV NEWMAN AND SISTER IN DESERT (2 SHOTS) 2.29 17. MCU/ZOOM-OUT SPIRAL FIGURE CARVED IN DESERT (2 SHOTS) 2.39 18. GV FULL MOON OVER THE DESERT 2.48 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: NAZCA, PERU
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  • Country: LATIN AMERICA Peru
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  • Story Text: Officials and citizens of the Peruvian town of Nazca on Thursday (May 17) paid tribute to archaeologist Dr. Maria Reiche Newman on her ninety-second birthday.

    Newman spent 50 years of her life studying enigmatic ancient lines forming designs which were carved in the 350-km (200-mile) range of the Nazca desert by people of the Nazca culture which thrived between 200 B.C. and 600 A.D..

    On Thursday, a large parade wound its way through the city of Nazca to mark Newman's birthday.

    During the birthday celebrations, the president of the Maria Reich Association in Defence of the Nazca Lines Ana Maria Cogorno said it was difficult for others to continue Newman's work.

    Newman arrived in Nazca in 1939 as a translator. Since then she has tried to decipher the mysterious designs, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) named as a cultural historical landmark in 1994.

    Newman has said that she wants her work to be a message to all generations and to be used as an instrument to end all injustices against culture and history.

    Newman's doctor said she was healthy for her age.


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