November 15, 2010
Peru’s president demands that Yale University returns Inca artefacts taken from Machu Picchu
Peru’s long running dispute with Yale University continues, with President Alan Garcia making new demands for the return of 40,000 artefacts.
From:
Daily Telegraph
Peru president accuses Yale of Inca ‘robbery’
Published: 4:42PM BST 28 Sep 2010Peruvian President Alan Garcia has demanded that Yale University returns the archeological treasures its researchers “looted” from the country’s Machu Picchu site in the early 1900s.
Peru says Yale took around 40,000 artefacts including pottery, jewellery and bones from the site in the Peruvian Andes.
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