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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.
Courtesy of Charles Lesch and Jarrad Aguirre
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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