Tag: Skull (Body Part)

A Paris Museum Has 18,000 Skulls. It’s Reluctant to Say Whose.

Critics say the Museum of Mankind withholds information about its vast collection of human remains that could help former colonies and descendants of conquered peoples get them back.

‘Done on the Sly’: France’s Flawed Return of Skulls to Algeria

The restitution of the remains, said to belong to 19th-century freedom fighters, was hailed as a symbol of reconciliation, but papers obtained by The Times reveal a gesture muddled by politics.