Every single Machu Picchu piece returned by Yale University has been carefully identified and recorded by archaeologists and historians in an inventory, the Press Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic announced on its Twitter account.
The unpacking of the artifacts was made by specialized staff members of the Culture and Foreign Ministry gathered at Government Palace.
The relics, which were taken out of the country 100 years ago on a loan basis, remain at the Main Dinning Room of the presidential palace.
The opened crates contain large ceramics such as aryballos, vessels, and skeletal remains among others.
These artifacts belong to the first batch that were taken by US explorer Hiram Bingham in 1912 to Yale University in order to study them.
The 360 pieces, packed in some 30 wooden crates, arrived Wednesday at Jorge Chavez International Airport. Afterwards, the artifacts were escorted by some 600 police officers to the Government Palace.