PBS6y
Mummies 101
In one Aleutian cave, archaeologists found more than 50 mummies dating back 250 years. In Papua New Guinea, embalmers smoke-cured the dead, covered them in a protective layer of clay and propped ...
PBS6y
Mummies of the World
In one Aleutian cave, archaeologists found more than 50 mummies dating back 250 years. In Papua New Guinea, embalmers smoke-cured the dead, covered them in a protective layer of clay and propped ...
Fitting the 'missing puzzle pieces'—research sheds light on the deep history of social change in West Papua
Owing to its violent political history, West Papua's vibrant human past has long been ignored. Unlike its neighbor, the ...
The Art Newspaper1mon
‘All about grief and mourning’: Sydney museum repatriates human remains to Papua New Guinea
Colourful ceremonies featuring song and dance, petal-strewn pathways and the roasting of specially-selected pigs accompanied the emotional repatriation of 16 human skulls to Papua New Guinea last ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation1mon
Human skulls taken for scientific research in 1800s returned to Papua New Guinea's Rai Coast
Asel Tui's childhood on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea was coloured with tales of a legendary Russian explorer and scientist who sailed up to his village 150 years ago. But no one ever ...