Editing Machu Picchu (section)

====Dispute over cultural artifacts====
{{Main|Peru–Yale University dispute}}
[[File: Another artifact collected on Bingham's 1912 expedition to Macchu Picchu.jpg|thumb|Artifact collected on Bingham's 1912 expedition, on display at the Museo Machu Picchu|upright=1.2]]
In 1912, 1914 and 1915, Bingham removed thousands of artifacts from Machu Picchu—ceramic vessels, silver statues, jewelry, and human bones—and took them to Yale University for further study, supposedly for 18 months. Yale instead kept the artifacts until 2012, arguing that Peru lacked the infrastructure and systems to care for them. [[Eliane Karp]], an anthropologist and wife of former Peruvian President [[Alejandro Toledo]], accused Yale of profiting from Peru's cultural heritage. Many of the articles were exhibited at Yale's [[Peabody Museum of Natural History|Peabody Museum]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Swanson | first1 = Stephanie | title = Repatriating Cultural Property: The Dispute between Yale and Peru over the Treasures of Machu Picchu | journal = San Diego International Law Journal | volume = 10 | pages = 469 | year = 2009 | url = https://digital.sandiego.edu/ilj/vol10/iss2/7 }}</ref>
[[File:LA EXPOSICIÓN “MACHU PICCHU 100 AÑOS DESPUÉS- EL REENCUENTRO” EXHIBE ARÍBALOS Y CUENCOS DEVUELTOS AL PERÚ POR LA UNIVERSIDAD DE YALE (5592558910).jpg|thumb|[[Inca Empire#Ceramics, precious metals and textiles|Aryballos and bowls]] returned by [[Yale University]] in 2011]]
In 2006, Yale returned some pieces but retained more than 250 "museum-quality" pieces, claiming this was supported by federal case law of Peruvian antiquities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Martineau |date=14 March 2006 |title=Peru Presses Yale on Relics |url=https://www.courant.com/2006/03/14/peru-presses-yale-on-relics/ |work=[[Hartford Courant]]}}</ref> In 2007, the Peruvian government and Yale had agreed on a joint traveling exhibition and construction of a new museum and research center in Cusco advised by Yale. Yale acknowledged Peru's title to all the objects, but would share rights with Peru in the research collection, part of which would remain at Yale for continuing study.<ref>{{cite news |first=Edmund H. |last=Mahony |date=16 September 2007 |title=Yale To Return Incan Artifacts |url=https://www.courant.com/2007/09/16/yale-to-return-incan-artifacts/ |work=Hartford Courant}}</ref> In November 2010, Yale agreed to return the disputed artifacts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/20/peru.yale.artifacts/index.html?hpt=T2|title=Peru's president: Yale agrees to return Incan artifacts|publisher=[[CNN]] | date=20 November 2010}}</ref> The third and final batch of artifacts was delivered in November 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zorthian|first=Julia|title=Yale returns final Machu Picchu artifacts|url=http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2012/11/12/yale-returns-final-machu-picchu-artifacts/|work=Yale Daily News|date=13 November 2012|publisher=Yale University|access-date=24 February 2013}}</ref> The artifacts are permanently exhibited at the Museo Machu Picchu, La Casa Concha ("The Shell House"), close to Cusco's colonial center. Owned by the [[National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco|National University of San Antonio Abad del Cusco]], La Casa Concha also features a study area for local and foreign students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Machupicchu Museum - Casa Concha |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/sAVRKt5ce2F1IQ?hl=en |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}</ref>