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,” [...]

Yale to return all Machu Picchu pieces, says Foreign Affairs minister

Foreign Affairs minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde rejected claims by Congressman Yonhy Lescano that Peru will receive from Yale University only 20 percent of the thousands of archaeological pieces removed from Machu Picchu between 1912-16. Lescano has said he came across documents from the National Institute of Culture (INC) and a foreign affairs ministry commission [...]

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 [...]

Machu Picchu recognized as South America’s Leading Green Destination

Peru’s sacred Inca citadel Machu Picchu has been named South America’s Leading Green Destination in 2010 by the UK-based World Travel Awards. “This award shows that the tourism sector has an impact on the country’s economic, social and environmental development,” state news agency Andina reported Rocio Merino, the director of tourism at state agency PromPeru, [...]

Peru’s Culture Minister to travel to Yale for talks on Machu Picchu artifacts

Peru’s Culture Minister Juan Ossio is planning to meet with authorities from Yale to discuss retrieving thousands of archaeological artifacts taken from Machu Picchu by American historian Hiram Bingham nearly a century ago, state news agency Andina reported. “We are thinking of traveling to the United States. I am going to request an appointment with [...]

Peru Congress votes for construction of alternative road to Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu “is an economic resource and a symbol for the nation, and for that reason it is the duty of the state and the Congress to hand down the laws that allow us to guarantee its conservation and adequate accessibility,” said José Carrasco, chairman of the Congressional Budget Committee.

Machu Picchu attracts more than 13,400 tourists via Inca trail since reopening

More than 13,400 tourists have visited Peru’s sacred Inca citadel, and top tourist attraction, Machu Picchu via the Inca Trail since the site reopened on April 1, state news agency Andina reported. Visitors are able to access the 45km trail from the Piscacucho community, located at Km 82 on the railway from Cuzco to Machu Picchu.  The trail [...]

Cusco gives thanks to Pachamama Mother Earth deity to celebrate Machu Picchu reopening

By Andy Dare www.wanderingbear.info Cusco (April 1, 2010) — The Empresa Municipal de Festejos del Cusco, staged a fantastic show on the grounds of Qorikancha on Thursday night to mark the reopening of Machu Picchu. The celebration capped off a day in which more than 1,200 people traveled by train to visit Machu Picchu,  two [...]

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