Sept. memo reveals Peru concessions
According to memorandum of understanding, Yale would be free from legal claims on Inca artifacts
Some previously undisclosed terms of a memorandum of understanding between Yale and the government of Peru over ancient Inca artifacts represent more significant concessions from Peru than were apparent in the summary of the memorandum released last September.
Those concessions — detailed in a copy of the memorandum obtained by the News this week — could be contributing to political disagreement within Peru that has delayed by more than three months a final agreement about the fate of the artifacts, which were excavated from Machu Picchu by Yale explorer Hiram Bingham III almost a...
Yale has zero moral right to claim any portion of these artifacts. They all belong to Peru and all should be returned immediately and without question. Hiram Bingham "discovered" nothing. He told the Peruvians what he wanted to see and they led him to it.