The wonderful network of folks around the world that I get to work with is pretty darn awesome. #silverlinings
Dr Trish Biers
@drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Human Remains Specialist. Curation, conservation, repatriation, ethics, museums, relics, education. Stop the trade in human remains! 💀🪦⚰️ #thanatology #folklore #deathwork #deadtorites #tacos
And the misinformation machine is a go…another lesson learned that being honest with reporters gets you nowhere. Just gonna keep doing the work…
Thank you @boothicus.bsky.social We appreciate the support!
Tom Booth@boothicus.bsky.social · 6mo ago🏺 Excellent that we may be on the way to banning the sale of human remaining the UK. Congratulations to the British Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force for getting it this far. It’s been a grey area because there’s no legal ownership for human remains.
I’m going to second this!
Dr Lauren McIntyre 🏳️🌈@noddinggoth.bsky.social · 6mo agoWe've been working super hard towards this for *years*. Still a long way to go, but it's great to see it's being brought to the UK Commons. Super proud of our Taskforce and everything we've achieved so far. Follow the link to read the full statement. babao.org.uk/bill-to-stop...
Sadly, very similar to what we see here in the UK and why this needs to be dealt with legally. We at BABAO continue to bring this to the public forefront to stop these sales! #britishassociationofbiologicalanthropolgyandosteoarchaeology www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
More than 100 human remains found in grave robbing case: ‘Horror movie come to life’
Jonathan Gerlach faces nearly 500 charges in Pennsylvania after officers found at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been forced open since early November
independent.co.uk
One of the most crucial reasons why the sale of human remains for profit should be made illegal and something we continually shout to the rooftops via our taskforce to govt entities #babaosaleofhumanremains
Damien Huffer@damienhuffer.bsky.social · 8mo agorestitutionmatters.org/news-item/im... @museumofloot.bsky.social @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire
New research is uncovering medieval legends about the undead in Britain.
theconversation.com
Once again, Indigenous remains being sold at auction, this time in Germany. If we can stop it here in the UK then perhaps other countries will follow. This is what we have been working towards for a long time but we won’t give up! #BABAOtaskforceonthetradeandsaleofhumanremains
Damien Huffer@damienhuffer.bsky.social · 10mo agorestitutionmatters.org/news-item/au... @museumofloot.bsky.social @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
KEYNOTE 2 To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture: Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
Happy to see friends and colleagues and to tackle some key issues in our field. 🤓 Day 2 of @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.
livescience.com
Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal. This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer. #MedievalMonday
It was an absolute honour to give a talk with the fabulous @anatomicalcat.bsky.social in collaboration with the also fabulous @drtrishbiers.bsky.social in a session chaired by none other than the @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social ‘s Dawn Kemp, at #iammc2025!
www.cpr.org/2025/08/26/2... @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy @counteringcrime.bsky.social @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Two dozen bodies, bones and 'probable human tissue' recovered from Davis Mortuary in Pueblo in probe of county coroner
State investigators also searched the homes of Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris.
cpr.org
Very sad, such a brilliant artist. 🖤
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 11mo agoGraham Greene, Dances with Wolves actor, dies aged 73
The not-so-secret team-up of the academic and the journalist…it’s getting old guys 👀
New Episode with Professor Claire Nally out now! thedeathstudiespodcast.com/professor-cl...
Professor Claire Nally - The Death Studies Podcast
What’s the episode about? In this episode, hear Claire Nally on literature, Goth, Steampunk, death memoirs, representations of dead women, death positive libraries & working in academia Who is Claire?...
thedeathstudiespodcast.com
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says ‘tide is turning’ in its negotiations to repatriate ancestral remains and important cultural items * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast After more than 170 years at a Scottish university, the remains of a young Aboriginal man killed on his traditional land have returned home. The skull of the unknown man was taken from Tasmania in the 1830s and had been held by the University of Aberdeen since the early 1850s. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the years of hard work by volunteers trying to educate the public about the trade and sale of human remains.
The Human Remains Digital Library is now live! 💻 We're delighted to share the live link for the project's Human Remains Digital Library (HRDL): hrdl.liverpool.ac.uk HRDL Resources and Coding: github.com/HumanRemains... #digitalhumanities #archaeology #churches #hisitory #digitallibrary
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