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Ever since the U.S. explorer Hiram Bingham discovered the site of Machu Picchu in 1911, Yale University became the proud owner of the ancient Peruvian artifacts. There has been much controversy over the ownership of these Inca artifacts.
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A group of foreign tourists look at a panoramic view of the Inca’s citadel of Macchu Picchu, in Cuzco, Peru, in this March 26, 2008 file photo. Paolo Greer, a retired Alaska oil pipeline foreman, who has been digging through files in the United States...
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