Question: Facts:   - residence: cusco , peru    - years active: 1998 -- present    - birth name: thierry jamin    - field: archaeology      - birth date: 19 december 1967    - name: thierry jamin    - citizenship: french    - expeditions: 1998-present    - birth place: chartres , france    - occupation: explorer , historian   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thierry jamin .
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thierry jamin -lrb- french -rrb- : ʒamɛ̃ - born 19 december 1967 - is a french explorer and historian known for his research about paititi and the presence of the incas and pre-inca civilization in the amazonian rainforest .