Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD)
@ancientdead.bsky.social
Honouring the Ancient Dead is a British initiative that advocates respect for what are commonly called ‘human remains’ and their related funereal artefacts.
https://www.honour.org.uk
https://www.honour.org.uk
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Brilliant work encouraging museums, private collectors, and government to repatriate African ancestral remains.
Ancestors deserve care.
Ancestors deserve care.
This week, I chaired the official parliamentary launch of the ‘Laying Ancestors to Rest’ report, authored by the Afrikan Reparations APPG.
I hope this report will encourage museums, private collectors and government to respectfully repatriate African ancestral remains acquired under colonial rule.
I hope this report will encourage museums, private collectors and government to respectfully repatriate African ancestral remains acquired under colonial rule.
March 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Brilliant work encouraging museums, private collectors, and government to repatriate African ancestral remains.
Ancestors deserve care.
Ancestors deserve care.
A recent Guardian article on respect for human remains brought to Britain under colonialism has brought our attention to a key All Party Parliamentary Committee Report.
HAD is keen to follow up with @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social and the authors of this important report to explore areas of synergy.
HAD is keen to follow up with @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social and the authors of this important report to explore areas of synergy.
The public display of human remains looted under slavery and colonialism is unethical and must stop.
This week, a report authored by the Afrikan Reparations APPG calls for remains to be respectfully repatriated and for law changes to facilitate this.
This week, a report authored by the Afrikan Reparations APPG calls for remains to be respectfully repatriated and for law changes to facilitate this.
Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs
Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A recent Guardian article on respect for human remains brought to Britain under colonialism has brought our attention to a key All Party Parliamentary Committee Report.
HAD is keen to follow up with @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social and the authors of this important report to explore areas of synergy.
HAD is keen to follow up with @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social and the authors of this important report to explore areas of synergy.
👋 we’re new on here and wanted to introduce ourselves.
February 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
👋 we’re new on here and wanted to introduce ourselves.