machu picchu artifacts found

Yale University has agreed to return to the government of Peru some of the artifacts and human remains that one of its professors removed from the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu nearly 100 years ago. The agreement, disclosed in a joint statement by Yale and Peru late Friday night,... Spanish conquistadors are believed to have found an abandoned Machu Picchu during their conquest of the Incan empire in the middle 1500s. Bingham is believed to have rediscovered it in 1911.


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After years of arguments, some quite bitter, Yale has finally agreed to send back some of the many artifacts it holds, originally taken from Machu Picchu and other ancient Peruvian archaeological sites. Some of these are due to arrive in Cusco in time for the 100th... In 1914, Bingham returned to excavate at other sites as well and, under this agreement, the pieces found were only loaned to Yale for 18 months. In 1920, Peru requested the return of those artifacts found...
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Machu Picchu is an iconic place for the Peruvian people, and the idea of bones and artifacts from Peru being held in the U.S. took on a powerful symbolism. In 2008, Peru's government filed a lawsuit against Yale. Negotiations intensified, and a letter from Yale... Keeping the antiquities in a scholarly setting was key, says David Bingham, grandson of the explorer who found them. “To leave it just to the political system in Peru — that would be worrisome,” Bingham says.
machu picchu artifacts found