Billed as an important first step to understanding the skulls’ provenance the study could one day lead to their return to east Africa. But over the decades – and as Germany lurched into two world wars – the collection was moved into deep storage. “What we will do now is to form a network with our colleagues in Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi to research the origins of these objects together,” said Heeb. “When one hears 1,000 skulls, the first question is: how come? How could one get 1,000 skulls?,” he said, noting that there were no cemeteries in Rwanda at that time, and that bodies were buried near family homes.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2017 01:18 UTC