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Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and María del Carmen Rendiles Martínez.
Thanks to UNESCO's support, a scientific examination by the University Center for Legal Medicine (Lausanne-Geneva) confirmed the human origin of the Tzantza, an authentic artifact of the Shuar or ...
But in 2020, Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum responded to public pressure and removed from display its Shuar Tsantsas, or shrunken heads, of people killed in Ecuador, said to hold deep spiritual ...
Online retail giant Amazon has launched Amazon.ie — a move which could present opportunities for retailers north of the border selling goods online.
Why UK museums aren’t handing back human remains, despite calls to do so The issue of mummies and shrunken heads in museums has long been contentious, writes William Carruthers ...
The display of human remains in museums has long been a contentious issue. Last week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Afrikan Reparations (APPG-AR) published a report on the African human ...
Amazon has today launched its new dedicated website for Ireland - Amazon.ie. The company said that Irish customers can now shop a wide selection of over 200 million products with prices in euro ...
The move means that Amazon Prime customers in Ireland who currently subscribe to Amazon.co.uk can now opt for the dedicated Irish service or remain with the current British version.
For centuries, ancient Egyptian mummies have been the most reliable crowd-pleasers in museums across Britain. London's British Museum alone holds over 100 mummies - bodies wrapped in linen and ...
This ‘blob-headed’ fish (Chaetostoma sp.), is also new to science and was a shocking discovery due to its enlarged blob-like head, a feature that the fish scientists have never seen before ...
Businesses in Ireland can now register their accounts to sell on Amazon to customers around the world, ahead of the launch of Amazon.ie next year.
Why are women more disgusted than men? It may help them live longer In primates ranging from gorillas to macaques to people, females are more likely to get "the ick"—and researchers think there ...