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 [...]

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 [...]

UNESCO official reportedly backs Peru’s demand for Yale to return Machu Picchu relics

The top representative of UNESCO in Lima said Sunday that Peru was well within its rights to demand Yale University return tens of thousands of artifacts and remains taken on loan nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, official state news agency Andina reported. “The logical thing is for Peruvians to [...]