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Machu Picchu is the original home of the Incan artifacts brought to Yale by explorer Hiram Bingham III. The University is still in the process of negotiating the artifacts’ return.

Machu Picchu is the original home of the Incan artifacts brought to Yale by explorer Hiram Bingham III. The University is still in the process of negotiating the artifacts’ return.

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