Tag: Remains
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Prehistoric Stone Altar with Human Remains Discovered in Central Mexico
Researchers working on an archaeological salvage project related to construction of a passenger train between Querétaro and Mexico City discovered a 1,000-year-old stone altar. The discovery was first reported in March, and was uncovered within the Tula Archaeological Monument Zone, a Toltec site in the central state of Hidalgo, according to Mexico’s INAH (the National read more
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Scholars and MPs Call UK Museums ‘Unethical’ and ‘Sacrilegious’ for Holding Vast Collections of Human Remains
More than a quarter of a million human remains from around the world are currently held in UK museums, in what MPs and archaeologists are calling an uncomfortable legacy of the country’s colonial past. Not only this, but many of the items are reportedly being stored in ways that are disrespectful or even sacrilegious. An read more
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Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains
Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post laid off some thirty percent of its employees on Wednesday, according to sources quoted in the New York Times, slashing the paper’s sports, local news, and international coverage. More than 300 of the approximately 800 journalists in the newsroom were reportedly let go. Among the casualties was Pulitzer Prize for read more
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