Johan Reinhard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr. Johan Reinhard is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at The Mountain Institute, West Virginia, a Visiting Professor at Catholic University, Salta, Argentina, and an Honorary Professor of Catholic University, Arequipa, Peru. [1]
He discovered a well-preserved mummy, the Mummy Juanita (also known in English as "The Ice Maiden"), in 1995 in southern Peru.[1] He is the author of The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes .
[edit] External links
- Reinhard's website
- For more info about the fraud on the Llullayllaco mummies: [2]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ GORMAN, CHRISTINE (Monday, Nov. 6, 1995). RETURN OF THE ICE MAIDEN (English). Time.