Artifacts taken by American explorer and discover of Machu Picchu are being returned to Peru after a decades long fight.
The fight over artifacts that American explorer Hiram Bingham found and brought back with him to Yale University in the US after "discovering" the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu (local farmers already knew of the site and lead Bingham there). This has been a very long fight in the international media for decades now that has had the Peruvian government outraged as the artifacts were seemingly taken without permission.
More than four thousand artifacts ranging from bones to ceramics to mummies are set to be returned to Peru, who has argued that Bingham has never had permission to take the artifacts. In an agreement between Yale and Peru, a new A Museum and Research Center is to be built in Cusco, Peru that will be run under the guidance of Yale. Yale and Peru will co-sponsor first a traveling expedition featuring Bingham's pieces. Dates and locations have yet to be announced.
Machu Picchu was named this July as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and is considered one of, if not the top destnation for travelers on the South America continent.
