Maria Reiche
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Maria Reiche was a German-born mathematician and archaeologist renowned for her pioneering research and preservation work on Peru’s Nazca Lines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maria Reiche canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T478929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Reiche Context triple: [Nazca Lines, earlyAerialStudyBy, Maria Reiche]
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A.
Armando Hart Dávalos
Armando Hart Dávalos was a prominent Cuban revolutionary, intellectual, and politician who served as a key leader in the Cuban Revolution and later as Cuba’s Minister of Education and Minister of Culture.
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B.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was a prominent Mexican architect and urban planner known for designing major modernist landmarks and shaping mid-20th-century Mexican public architecture.
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C.
Manuel de Salas
Manuel de Salas was a prominent Chilean lawyer, intellectual, and reformer who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional development.
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D.
Hipólito de Villegas
Hipólito de Villegas was a Chilean lawyer and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional formation.
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E.
Andrés
Andrés is a Spanish given name commonly used as the equivalent of Andrew.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Reiche Target entity description: Maria Reiche was a German-born mathematician and archaeologist renowned for her pioneering research and preservation work on Peru’s Nazca Lines.
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A.
Armando Hart Dávalos
Armando Hart Dávalos was a prominent Cuban revolutionary, intellectual, and politician who served as a key leader in the Cuban Revolution and later as Cuba’s Minister of Education and Minister of Culture.
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B.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was a prominent Mexican architect and urban planner known for designing major modernist landmarks and shaping mid-20th-century Mexican public architecture.
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C.
Manuel de Salas
Manuel de Salas was a prominent Chilean lawyer, intellectual, and reformer who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional development.
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D.
Hipólito de Villegas
Hipólito de Villegas was a Chilean lawyer and politician who played a key role in the country’s early independence movement and institutional formation.
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E.
Andrés
Andrés is a Spanish given name commonly used as the equivalent of Andrew.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeologist
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cultural heritage activist ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru ⓘ
surface form:
Order of the Sun of Peru
|
| birthName | Maria Reiche self-link ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Nazca ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | ovarian cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Peru ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Peru ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1903-05-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-06-08 ⓘ |
| describedAs | Lady of the Lines ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Dresden University of Technology
ⓘ
surface form:
Technical University of Dresden
University of Hamburg ⓘ |
| employer |
Government of Peru
ⓘ
surface form:
Peruvian government
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| familyName | Reiche ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
archaeology
ⓘ
cultural heritage preservation ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| givenName | Maria ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Maria Reiche Museum in Nazca
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Maria Reiche Museum in Nazca ⓘ
surface form:
Maria Reiche Observatory Tower near Nazca
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| heritageSiteAdvocatedFor |
Nazca Lines
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surface form:
Nazca Lines and Geoglyphs of Pampas de Jumana
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| knownFor |
preservation of the Nazca Lines
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research on the Nazca Lines ⓘ theory that Nazca Lines had astronomical significance ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| movedTo | Peru ⓘ |
| movementDate | 1932 ⓘ |
| name | Maria Reiche self-link ⓘ |
| notableIdea | Nazca Lines as a giant astronomical calendar ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Mystery on the Desert ⓘ |
| occupation |
archaeologist
ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ teacher ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dresden ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lima ⓘ |
| residence |
Lima
ⓘ
Nazca ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Nazca Lines
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Nazca Lines ⓘ
surface form:
Palpa geoglyphs
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maria Reiche Description of subject: Maria Reiche was a German-born mathematician and archaeologist renowned for her pioneering research and preservation work on Peru’s Nazca Lines.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nazca Lines