A delegation from Yale University is expected to be arriving in Lima by the weekend to meet with local authorities to discuss the return of archaeological artifacts taken from Machu Picchu by American historian Hiram Bingham almost 100 years ago, President Alan Garcia said.
Peru has stepped up efforts to recover the artifacts over the past weeks. Garcia called on his counterpart in the US, President Barack Obama, to intervene in the process. “I know that [Obama] is very informed and I also know that he called representatives from Yale to the White House,” daily El Comercio reported Garcia as saying.
For years, Peru has attempted to negotiate with Yale seeking the return of 4000 artifacts — of which 350 are considered museum quality – that Bingham excavated during three expeditions from Machu Picchu and the surrounding area. Bingham took the pieces to Yale for further research, under a loan agreement from the Peruvian government. A large number of objects were returned to Peru in 1921, but not the complete collection. The pieces include pots, gold items, and thousands of potsherds.
For more, see http://www.peruviantimes.com.
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