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| YALE GRADUATES JOIN PUSH FOR MACHU PICCHU ARTIFACTS RETURN |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Monday, 11 October 2010 12:27 |
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Lima, Oct. 12. Peru’s Culture Minister Juan Ossio Acuña today announced that a group of Yale University former students will write a letter of support backing the Peruvian government efforts to retrieve the artifacts taken nearly a century ago from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu by the above educational institution. This gesture is "important" because the graduates recognize the right of the Peruvian State to seek return of these pieces.
The case is filed before a court in the U.S. state of Connecticut, home of Yale University. "There is a group of Yale University graduates who are very annoyed with this problem and are circulating a letter in support of the Peruvian government; we've got a great backing," he told Andina news agency. Last month, Peruvian President Alan Garcia urged Yale University to return the relics before the 100th anniversary of American explorer Hiram Bingham’s rediscovery of the world heritage site on July 7, 2011. The explorer Hiram Bingham found the lost city of Machu Picchu in 1911 and brought back human remains, household items and other artifacts he found there to Yale — his alma mater — to be studied. Peru sued for the return of the items in 2008, and Yale has been embroiled in a legal battle with the South American nation ever since. According to a Yale Daily News article, Peru dropped six of its 17 charges against the University in March, but is still demanding the return of what the country deems its cultural patrimony. Source: andina.pe
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YALE GRADUATES JOIN PUSH FOR MACHU PICCHU ARTIFACTS RETURN

