Mara Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco was a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications about Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire.
Rostworowski was born in the Barranco district of Lima. Her father was Jan Jacek Rostworowski, a Polish aristocrat, and her mother, Rita Tovar del Valle, was from Puno. Her grandfather, Agustn Tovar, was president of the Senate and an uncle, Karol Hubert Rostworowski, was a playwright. She studied at various boarding schools in Poland, Belgium, France and England. She was a student of the Peruvian historian Ral Porras Barrenechea at the National University of San Marcos.
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