The Sears Point archaeological site in Arizona has been vandalized. Boulders were rolled out of place and petroglyphs were fractured. A team restoring huts built by Australian polar explorer Sir Douglas Mawson has found historic camera parts. Photographer James “Frank” Hurley was the official photographer on Mawson’s 1911-14 expedition. “We’re not 100 percent sure if […]

 The legal battle over artifacts removed from Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915 continues between Peru and Yale University. Yale claims that the statute of limitations under Connecticut law is three years. Yet, Peru’s attorneys argue that “Yale’s mere retention of the artifacts establishes nothing,” and that Peru never relinquished ownership […]