The wonderful network of folks around the world that I get to work with is pretty darn awesome. #silverlinings

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!

I’m going to second this!

Nerding out in Paris 🤓

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

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...

Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation - Museums Association The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains

Brilliant opinion piece by @hebaabdelgawad.bsky.social www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

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

Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire New research is uncovering medieval legends about the undead in Britain.

Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...

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

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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

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.

Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺

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

Photograph of a conference stage, showing the title slide of a talk entitled “Beyond Bentham: Re-examining Ideas of Consent and Body Donation through Museum Collections in the UK and Ireland” by Evi Numen (Old Anatomy Museum, Dublin) Cat Irving (Surgeons’ Hall Museums, Edinburgh) Trish Biers (The Duckworth Laboratoy, Cambridge)

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!

Blood Moon total lunar eclipse: How to see it in the UK A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of the UK on Sunday evening, weather permitting.

How to see Sunday's 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse www.bbc.com/news/article...

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.

www.cpr.org/2025/08/26/2... @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy @counteringcrime.bsky.social @drtrishbiers.bsky.social

Very sad, such a brilliant artist. 🖤

The not-so-secret team-up of the academic and the journalist…it’s getting old guys 👀

The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids A TED-Ed lesson by Katharina Brecht explains the incredible intelligence of corvids and how they express their aptitude.

The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids laughingsquid.com/crow-corvid-...

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?...

New Episode with Professor Claire Nally out now!

thedeathstudiespodcast.com/professor-cl...

‘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...

‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK

@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Excited for today! #repatriationconversations

Looking forward to attending this ✨

I’m happy it’s being discussed

We have been doing the groundwork, writing the letters, publishing, public talks, surveys, speaking with the HTA & Indigenous communities, and web tracking. BABAO has not been mentioned today in Parliament but we care and put in the work.

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.

Does anyone not fact check anymore? 🤯

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