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Saturday, July 16, 2011

From 100 Facts For 100 Years of Machu Picchu - #62



By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

62. Hiram Bingham III brought back more than 5,000 artifacts from Peru on an expedition funded by National Geographic and Yale University.

It was originally thought Hiram Bingham took 4,000 artifacts Machu Picchu. However when the country of Peru sued Yale to return the pieces it was discovered there were some 40,000 pieces.

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