Dr Trish Biers
@drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Human Remains Specialist. Curation, conservation, repatriation, ethics, museums, relics, education. Stop the trade in human remains! 💀🪦⚰️ #thanatology #folklore #deathwork #deadtorites #tacos
Thank you @boothicus.bsky.social We appreciate the support!
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Excellent that we may be on the way to banning the sale of human remaining the UK. Congratulations to the British Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force for getting it this far. It’s been a grey area because there’s no legal ownership for human remains.
Excellent that we may be on the way to banning the sale of human remaining the UK. Congratulations to the British Association of Biological Anthropologists Task Force for getting it this far. It’s been a grey area because there’s no legal ownership for human remains.
I'm in Parliament today, presenting a ten-minute rule bill to ban the sale of human remains.
Human body parts are not curiosities to trade and decorate with.
We should ban this macabre trade for good.
Human body parts are not curiosities to trade and decorate with.
We should ban this macabre trade for good.
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Thank you @boothicus.bsky.social We appreciate the support!
I’m going to second this!
We've been working super hard towards this for *years*. Still a long way to go, but it's great to see it's being brought to the UK Commons. Super proud of our Taskforce and everything we've achieved so far.
Follow the link to read the full statement.
babao.org.uk/bill-to-stop...
Follow the link to read the full statement.
babao.org.uk/bill-to-stop...
babao.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I’m going to second this!
Nerding out in Paris 🤓
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Nerding out in Paris 🤓
Sadly, very similar to what we see here in the UK and why this needs to be dealt with legally. We at BABAO continue to bring this to the public forefront to stop these sales! #britishassociationofbiologicalanthropolgyandosteoarchaeology www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
More than 100 human remains found in grave robbing case: ‘Horror movie come to life’
Jonathan Gerlach faces nearly 500 charges in Pennsylvania after officers found at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been forced open since early November
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Sadly, very similar to what we see here in the UK and why this needs to be dealt with legally. We at BABAO continue to bring this to the public forefront to stop these sales! #britishassociationofbiologicalanthropolgyandosteoarchaeology www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Brilliant opinion piece by @hebaabdelgawad.bsky.social www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation - Museums Association
The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains
www.museumsassociation.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Brilliant opinion piece by @hebaabdelgawad.bsky.social www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...
One of the most crucial reasons why the sale of human remains for profit should be made illegal and something we continually shout to the rooftops via our taskforce to govt entities #babaosaleofhumanremains
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
One of the most crucial reasons why the sale of human remains for profit should be made illegal and something we continually shout to the rooftops via our taskforce to govt entities #babaosaleofhumanremains
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Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire
New research is uncovering medieval legends about the undead in Britain.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sam George, Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire theconversation.com/older-than-d...
Once again, Indigenous remains being sold at auction, this time in Germany. If we can stop it here in the UK then perhaps other countries will follow. This is what we have been working towards for a long time but we won’t give up! #BABAOtaskforceonthetradeandsaleofhumanremains
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Once again, Indigenous remains being sold at auction, this time in Germany. If we can stop it here in the UK then perhaps other countries will follow. This is what we have been working towards for a long time but we won’t give up! #BABAOtaskforceonthetradeandsaleofhumanremains
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Having a blast at BABAO! @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
Thanks everyone who came and saw our poster "The Curious case of the Candia skull: demography revealed by minimally invasive methods" @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Thanks everyone who came and saw our poster "The Curious case of the Candia skull: demography revealed by minimally invasive methods" @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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KEYNOTE 2
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
September 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
KEYNOTE 2
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
To round off Day 2 of #BABAO2025, we have our second Keynote Lecture:
Linda Mbeki discusses their research on ‘From bones to ancestors: Embodiment, structural violence, and social justice’ 👩🏿🦱⛓️⚖️
Happy to see friends and colleagues and to tackle some key issues in our field. 🤓 Day 2 of @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Happy to see friends and colleagues and to tackle some key issues in our field. 🤓 Day 2 of @babao2025meeting.bsky.social
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Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
World's oldest mummies were smoke-dried 10,000 years ago in China and Southeast Asia, researchers find
The world's oldest evidence for purposeful human mummification comes from Southeast Asia, where people smoke-dried their ancestors' corpses 10,000 years ago.
www.livescience.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest mummies: 10,000 years ago, groups smoke-dried their ancestors to preserve them. 🧪🏺
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Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.
#MedievalMonday
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It was an absolute honour to give a talk with the fabulous @anatomicalcat.bsky.social in collaboration with the also fabulous @drtrishbiers.bsky.social in a session chaired by none other than the @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social ‘s Dawn Kemp, at #iammc2025!
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It was an absolute honour to give a talk with the fabulous @anatomicalcat.bsky.social in collaboration with the also fabulous @drtrishbiers.bsky.social in a session chaired by none other than the @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social ‘s Dawn Kemp, at #iammc2025!
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How to see Sunday's 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse www.bbc.com/news/article...
Blood Moon total lunar eclipse: How to see it in the UK
A total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of the UK on Sunday evening, weather permitting.
www.bbc.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How to see Sunday's 'Blood Moon' total lunar eclipse www.bbc.com/news/article...
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www.cpr.org/2025/08/26/2... @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy @counteringcrime.bsky.social @drtrishbiers.bsky.social
Two dozen bodies, bones and 'probable human tissue' recovered from Davis Mortuary in Pueblo in probe of county coroner
State investigators also searched the homes of Brian Cotter and his brother, Chris.
www.cpr.org
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Very sad, such a brilliant artist. 🖤
September 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Very sad, such a brilliant artist. 🖤
The not-so-secret team-up of the academic and the journalist…it’s getting old guys 👀
August 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The not-so-secret team-up of the academic and the journalist…it’s getting old guys 👀
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The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids laughingsquid.com/crow-corvid-...
The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids
A TED-Ed lesson by Katharina Brecht explains the incredible intelligence of corvids and how they express their aptitude.
laughingsquid.com
August 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Incredible Intelligence of Crows and Other Corvids laughingsquid.com/crow-corvid-...
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‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says ‘tide is turning’ in its negotiations to repatriate ancestral remains and important cultural items
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After more than 170 years at a Scottish university, the remains of a young Aboriginal man killed on his traditional land have returned home.
The skull of the unknown man was taken from Tasmania in the 1830s and had been held by the University of Aberdeen since the early 1850s. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
‘Spirit will be set free’: remains of young Aboriginal man returned to Tasmania after 170 years in UK
@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Excited for today! #repatriationconversations
March 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
@pittriversmuseum.bsky.social Excited for today! #repatriationconversations
Looking forward to attending this ✨
Who Owns Museum Collections? And what should we do with them?
Saturday 29 March, 10.00-16.00
bit.ly/3QfisUJ
Saturday 29 March, 10.00-16.00
bit.ly/3QfisUJ
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looking forward to attending this ✨
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the years of hard work by volunteers trying to educate the public about the trade and sale of human remains.
March 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the years of hard work by volunteers trying to educate the public about the trade and sale of human remains.
Does anyone not fact check anymore? 🤯
March 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Does anyone not fact check anymore? 🤯