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Antiquity Belongs to the World

Archaeology must be shielded from nationalistic laws and politics

By JAMES CUNO

Last September, Yale University agreed to return a large number of artifacts that it had excavated at Machu Picchu in 1912. During the administration of President Alejandro Toledo (2001-6), Peru had contended that the objects were merely on loan and should have...

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