An auction house has withdrawn the sale of 18 ancient Egyptian skulls after a member of parliament said selling them would perpetuate the brutality of colonialism.
Bel Ribeiro Adi, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on African Reparations, believes the sale of human bones for any purpose should be outlawed, calling the trade a “serious threat to human dignity.” „This is a serious violation,“ he added.
The skulls of 10 men, five women and three of unknown gender were included in the list. semley auctioneer In Dorset, each lot has an estimated price of £200-300.
They were originally collected by Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers, a Victorian British military officer and archaeologist who founded the University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum In 1884.
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