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Yale, Peru reach agreement

"Museum-quality" artficats will return to Peru

Staff Reporter
Published Saturday, September 15, 2007

Yale University will grant the Peruvian government title to all of the artifacts excavated from Machu Picchu currently housed in the University's Peabody Museum, the University and the government of Peru announced Friday night.

As part of the agreement, all of the "museum-quality" artifacts and some of the research collection will return to Peru, to be housed in a $5 million museum and research center set to open in 2009. A portion of the materials will remain at Yale for ongoing research, and the University will continue to study the artifacts with Peruvian archaeologists, said...

#1 By Jonathan G. 6:51p.m. on November 23, 2008

Nice try Yale, the artifacts never belonged to you no matter how you slice it! You are in denial that you took advantage of the situation!!

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