Talks with Peru extend past deadline
Despite 90 days of negotiations, Levin is ‘still optimistic’ about eventual accord on Inca artifacts
The University and the government of Peru have agreed to extend negotiations for a second time over the title to a collection of Incan artifacts brought to New Haven nearly a century ago from Machu Picchu by the explorer Hiram Bingham III, Yale officials told the News Sunday.
After years of controversy, Yale and Peru announced Sept. 14 that the two parties had agreed to acknowledge Peru’s title to most of the artifacts in question and that Yale would eventually return most of the collection. At that time, the University and Peru set a 60-day timetable for reaching a final agreement...
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