Elections could avert Peru's lawsuit
As this week's heated Peruvian presidential election enters a runoff, the government of Peru has not yet filed a lawsuit against Yale for the return of precious Machu Picchu artifacts excavated in the 1910s, casting doubt on the future of the dispute.
Nearly a century has passed since Yale historian Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the artifacts that redefined universal understanding of the Incan culture, but archeological experts say the historical record is murky, citing contracts that seem to confirm Peru's right to ask for Bingham's findings to be returned on the one hand and...
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