Cusco’s Casa Concha opens doors for Machu Picchu exhibition

Cusco’s Casa Concha, owned by the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco (UNSAAC), has opened its doors for two weeks to exhibit more than 360 artifacts from Machu Picchu that were recently returned by Yale University. The artifacts will be displayed in two rooms in the Casa Concha, located about half a block from [...]

Machu Picchu centennial celebrations begin

Peru began celebrations  Thursday for the 100th anniversary of the “discovery” of the Inca citadel Machu Picchu with musical shows and light displays at the site for some 200 guests, including President Alan Garcia. During the day, dances were performed in the streets of Cuzco, the starting-off point for the thousands of tourists that visit Machu Picchu [...]

Celebrations for Machu Picchu anniversary ready to begin

Celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu are ready to begin on Saturday, the head of the commission responsible for organizing the festivities, Ricardo Vega, said. “We are all ready, even though there are always last minute logistical difficulties, but I think they can be overcome,” state news agency Andina reported Vega [...]

Machu Picchu remains from Yale arrive in Cusco

Archaeological remains from Machu Picchu, which recently returned to Peru from Yale University, have arrived in Cusco where they will be displayed at the Casa Concha, owned by the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco (UNSAAC). The pieces arrived in Lima in early April and were put on display at the Government Palace before being [...]

Inauguration of Machu Picchu artifacts in Cusco planned for July 7

The inauguration of the exhibit in Cusco of archaeological remains from Machu Picchu, which were recently returned to Peru from Yale University, is scheduled for July 7, state news agency Andina reported. Over 300 pieces, which are currently on display in the halls of the government palace in Lima, are expected to arrive in Cusco [...]

Government Palace opens doors to show Machu Picchu artifacts

Artifacts from Machu Picchu, which were taken from Peru almost a century ago and recently returned by Yale University, have been put on display at the Government Palace, state news agency Andina reported. Authorities have set up 16 showcases to display some 360 archaeological pieces from Machu Picchu in the government’s Golden and Tupac Amaru [...]

Yale to return all Machu Picchu artifacts by December 2012

Yale University is planning to send to Peru the last shipment of Machu Picchu artifacts by December 2012, state news agency Andina reported. The first shipment of the archaeological pieces, which were taken from Peru almost a century ago, arrived on Wednesday to celebrations. The 46,635 fragments and artifacts will be returned in two stages, [...]

First set of Machu Picchu artifacts to be returned on March 30

This week Peru is to receive the first batch of artifacts that were taken from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago for research at Yale University, Culture Minister Juan Ossio said. “We expect that the pieces will arrive Wednesday. They will be received at the Government Palace by the President and will then be displayed for six or seven days,” [...]

Ministry of Culture, Cuzco university sign agreement for Machu Picchu artifacts

Peru’s Culture Ministry and the San Antonio Abad del Cuzco National University (UNSAAC) signed an agreement on Monday to cooperate on the custody and conservation of archaeological pieces from Machu Picchu that will be returned by Yale University. The agreement includes cooperation between the ministry and university for the exhibition, study and research of the [...]

Garcia calls on Obama to intervene in recovery of Machu Picchu artifacts

President Alan Garcia has called on his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, to intervene in Peru’s attempts to have Yale return thousands of archaeological artifacts taken almost a century ago from Machu Picchu, state news agency Andina reported. Garcia made the request by submitting a letter to the U.S. Ambassador in Peru, Rose Likins, saying that [...]

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