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Peru tells Yale it wants its Machu Picchu treasures back (after 100 years)
Yale University is embroiled in an escalating dispute with Peru over the
return of treasures from the world-famous Incan site of Machu Picchu that
are on display as part of the ivy-league university's permanent collection.
Over the years, there have been fitful attempts to find a solution to the
contested ownership. It threatens to come to a head later this year, with
the departure from office of Alejandro Toledo, Peru's first indigenous
president, who has pledged to recover the treasures before he steps down in
July. The dispute recalls other cases where countries are fighting to
retrieve artefacts from museums in other countries - most notably Italy's
demand that the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and New York's Metropolitan
Museum of Art hand back various classical treasures that Rome says are part
of Italy's cultural heritage.
The Independent
03Feb06
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