Peru–Yale University dispute
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peru-yale-university-dispute-165-15374963
title:
Peru–Yale University dispute
text:
The Peru–Yale University dispute was a century-long conflict between the government of Peru and Yale University about the rightful ownership of Inca human remains and artifacts from Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca site high in the Peruvian Andes active c. 1420–1532. In the several years following his re-discovery of Machu Picchu in 1911, Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III removed thousands of objects – including pottery, stone tools, and human bones – from the archaeological site and brought them to
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description:
Custody dispute over cultural artifacts
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru%E2%80%93Yale_University_dispute
date created:
2014-01-16T21:39:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T14:16:28Z
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