Viggen Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 A Madrid museum is set to return a centuries-old mummy to the Canary Islands, adding impetus to an international trend for human remains to be handed back to their countries of origin. A Spanish Senate committee wants Madrid's Anthropology Museum to return remains of a member of the Canaries' aboriginal Guanche people which arrived in mainland Spain in the 1700s, said Rafael Gonzalez, of Tenerife's Museum of Nature and Man. The transfer now has to be approved by Spain's parliament. full article at the Scotsman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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