August 8, 2008

How Best to Protect and Study Ancient Artifacts

To the Editor:

James Cuno does a disservice to his argument for the legitimacy of Western museums by citing the dust-up between Yale University and Peru over the artifacts of Machu Picchu ("Antiquity Belongs to the World," The Chronicle Review, July 4). Cuno claims that the fight is an example of how nationalist politics can subvert intellectual inquiry by calling "for the repatriation of ancient artifacts removed before the laws came into being." As someone who has researched the

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