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| Yale to return Peruvian artefacts | Yale to return Peruvian artefacts |
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| Yale University has agreed to return to Peru thousands of Inca relics that were excavated at Machu Picchu from 1911-15 by a history professor, Hiram Bingham. | Yale University has agreed to return to Peru thousands of Inca relics that were excavated at Machu Picchu from 1911-15 by a history professor, Hiram Bingham. |
| Peru demanded the artefacts back last year, saying it agreed to their removal on condition they would be returned. | Peru demanded the artefacts back last year, saying it agreed to their removal on condition they would be returned. |
| More than 4,000 pieces, including mummies, ceramics and bones were taken to the US university. | More than 4,000 pieces, including mummies, ceramics and bones were taken to the US university. |
| Under the agreement Yale and Peru will co-sponsor the first travelling expedition of the collection. | Under the agreement Yale and Peru will co-sponsor the first travelling expedition of the collection. |
| Months of negotiations | Months of negotiations |
| Yale will also act as an adviser for a new museum in the Andean city of Cuzco, close to Machu Picchu, where the exhibition will be installed after its tour. | Yale will also act as an adviser for a new museum in the Andean city of Cuzco, close to Machu Picchu, where the exhibition will be installed after its tour. |
| The museum's opening is planned to coincide with the centennial celebration of Bingham's rediscovery of Machu Picchu in 1911. | The museum's opening is planned to coincide with the centennial celebration of Bingham's rediscovery of Machu Picchu in 1911. |
| BINGHAM'S LEGACY 1911: Hiram Bingham III and a small group of guides stumble upon the fortress of Machu Picchu 1912-1915: Bingham leads three expeditions back to the site2003: Yale launches a major touring exhibition featuring the artefacts - the Peruvian government starts negotiations to get them back2006: Peru threatens to take Yale to courtSept 2007: Yale agrees to return Machu Picchu artefacts to Peru | |
| During three trips to Machu Picchu, Bingham dug up thousands of objects, including silver statues, jewellery, musical instruments and human bones. | |
| The agreement between Peru and the Connecticut-based university came after months of negotiations. | The agreement between Peru and the Connecticut-based university came after months of negotiations. |
| Initial talks broke down last year under the administration of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and Peru threatened to take its case before a US court. | Initial talks broke down last year under the administration of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo and Peru threatened to take its case before a US court. |
| Yale had offered to divide the items up but it now acknowledges Peru's title to all the excavated objects. | Yale had offered to divide the items up but it now acknowledges Peru's title to all the excavated objects. |
| It has been agreed that some of the pieces will remain at the university temporarily for research. | It has been agreed that some of the pieces will remain at the university temporarily for research. |
| Yale will also help establish a programme of scholarly exchanges that will continue for at least three years. | Yale will also help establish a programme of scholarly exchanges that will continue for at least three years. |
| Some of the artefacts will be displayed in a travelling exhibition | |
| "We aim to create a new model for resolving competing interests in cultural property," Yale's president, Richard C Levin, said. | "We aim to create a new model for resolving competing interests in cultural property," Yale's president, Richard C Levin, said. |
| "This can best be achieved by building a collaborative relationship - one which involves scholars and researchers from Yale and Peru - that serves science and human understanding," he said. | "This can best be achieved by building a collaborative relationship - one which involves scholars and researchers from Yale and Peru - that serves science and human understanding," he said. |
| The ruins at Machu Picchu, high in the Andes mountains, are Peru's most popular tourist attraction. | The ruins at Machu Picchu, high in the Andes mountains, are Peru's most popular tourist attraction. |
| Some scholars believe it to be the birthplace of the Inca Empire. | Some scholars believe it to be the birthplace of the Inca Empire. |