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Simone Waisbard

Simone Waisbard was a French explorer who spent years in South and Central America, studying remnants of the many ancient civilizations and tribes that have lived there. She is the author of several books: Tiahuanaco, Les Pistes de Nazca and, Masks, Mummies, and Magicians: A Voyage of Exploration in Pre-Inca Peru.

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Simone Waisbard
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  • Tiahuanaco
  • Les Pistes de Nazca

Simone Waisbard (born 30 August 1909)1 was a French explorer who spent years in South and Central America, studying remnants of the many ancient civilizations and tribes that have lived there. She is the author of several books: Tiahuanaco, Les Pistes de Nazca and (with Roger Waisbard, translated by Patricia Russell), Masks, Mummies, and Magicians: A Voyage of Exploration in Pre-Inca Peru.2

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  1. Waisbard, Simone (1909-....), SUDOC (accessed 5 June 2022)
  2. William H. Isbell (1968). Review: Masks, Mummies, and Magicians: A Voyage of Exploration in Pre-Inca Peru by Simone Waisbard, Roger Waisbard, Patricia Russell. Archaeology 21 (3): 225 JSTOR 41667875