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Peru demands return of Machu Picchu treasures from Yale

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“But now Yale has been tainted by a bitter and public two-year-old dispute over about 5,000 artifacts that Bingham removed from Machu Picchu and took to the Yale campus in New Haven, Conn.

University and Peruvian officials hope to settle the spat in the coming weeks, especially now Machu Picchu has been selected as one of the new seven wonders of the world in a global popularity contest unveiled on July 7.

Peruvian archaeologists and historians warn, however, that they will complain strongly and protest loudly unless Yale returns all the objects to Peru, not just museum-quality artifacts, as the university is proposing.”

Read more: www.miamiherald.com
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Posted on: July 25th, 2007
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Cultura, International
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