Aug
13
Machu Picchu 100th Anniversary Likely To Lack Yale’s Artifacts
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Machu Picchu Centennial Likely To Lack Yale Artifacts
An Incan “aryballo” pot discovered at Machu Picchu
Yale Daily News
May 13, 2010
With the 100th anniversary of Hiram Bingham’s discovery of the Inca archeological treasure Machu Picchu approaching, Peru’s Chamber of Tourism is preparing to celebrate — but without many of the site’s most precious artifacts, […]
Apr
14
Ex-Peruvian First Lady Slams Yale Over Machu Picchu Artifacts
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Eliane Karp-Toledo and her husband, Alejandro Toledo, at his inauguration in 2001 at Machu Picchu
Peruvian Blasts Yale
Yale Daily News
April 7, 2009
As a crowd of students, faculty and even a few Peruvians hissed and clapped, Eliane Karp-Toledo, the former first lady of Peru, called for the immediate return of all Inca artifacts housed at Yale […]
Dec
18
Debate Continues Over Whether A German Discovered Machu Picchu
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The ruins of Peru’s Machu Picchu in 1913 (photo by Hiram Bingham)
Debate Rages in Peru: Was a Lost City Ever Lost?
December 8, 2008
NYT
CUSCO, Peru — From the postcards bearing his swashbuckling, fedora-topped image to the luxury train emblazoned with his name that runs to the foot of the mountain redoubt of Machu Picchu, reminders […]
Dec
14
Peru Files Lawsuit Against Yale University Over Machu Picchu Artifacts
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Peru sues Yale University to recover “Machu Picchu” artifacts
Living in Peru
December 10, 2008
Peru has quietly filed a lawsuit against Yale University, officially turning a nearly century-long dispute over the rightful ownership of Inca artifacts into a legal battle, reported Wednesday Yale Daily News…
Nov
14
Peru to Sue Yale University over Hiram Bingham’s Machu Picchu Artifacts
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Report: Peru to Sue Yale for Inca Artifacts
The Associated Press
November 9, 2008
LIMA, Peru: Peru has reportedly approved a plan to sue Yale University for thousands of Inca artifacts excavated decades ago by a U.S. scholar at Machu Picchu.
May
18
Indiana Jones: The Men and the Myth
Friday, May 09, 2008
NPR: On Point
By host Tom Ashbrook
It’s just a matter of days now, and Indiana Jones is back in a theater near you.
Harrison Ford, the leather jacket, the bullwhip, the fedora — 27 years after “Raiders of the Lost Ark” they’re practically archeological artifacts themselves. But who […]
May
17
Peru wants Yale to return artifacts
April 17, 2008
Associated Press
NEW HAVEN, Conn. –In the latest twist in a long running dispute, Peru wants Yale University to return thousands of artifacts it is holding from the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
Peru’s government and Yale had reached a memorandum of understanding last year to return about 4,000 […]
May
16
What Yale brought back from Machu Picchu
April 18, 2008
Yale Alumni Magazine
In the past week, a furor erupted when the government of Peru issued a press release saying that Yale has 40,000 objects from Machu Picchu and that Yale had claimed to have only 4,000. “Yale’s Machu Picchu Haul 10 Times As Big As Thought,” read […]
May
15
Peru Questions Yale on Inventory of Artifacts
by Diane Orson
NPR
[5 min 51 sec]
All Things Considered
April 15, 2008
A former Peruvian first lady’s criticism of Yale University and the government of Peru for a tentative agreement to return Incan artifacts led to a review of Yale’s inventory. Now, the Peruvian government wants to revise the deal.
Listen to the […]
May
14
Peru says Yale has more Incan artifacts than first believed
Monday, April 14, 2008
LIMA (Reuters) — Peru says Yale University researchers took more than 40,000 artifacts from the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 1900s, or 10 times the original estimate, the state news agency reported Sunday.
A team from Peru’s National Institute of Culture […]