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April 3, 1997
Johan Reinhard, the National Geographic Society’s current Explorer in Residence, has been called the world’s leading high-altitude archaeologist. His expeditions have taken him 20,000 feet (6,100 meters) high in the Andes searching for clues about the ancient Inca civilization. Last year he made headlines worldwide when he discovered the frozen 500-year-old remains of a young Inca girl (featured in the June 1996 issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and in our online story “Ice Treasures of the Inca”).
Find out what this high-climbing explorer has learned from state-of-the-art scientific analysis of the mummy and associated textiles, jewelry, and statuary. Then hear about additional artifacts and human remains found during a return visit to the Andes.
Dr. Reinhard is a Senior Research Fellow of the Mountain Institute of West Virginia. His latest article appears in the January 1997 issue of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC.
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