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    ‘Profiting from selling African body parts’: Auction house slammed over sale of Black human remains

    by Nadine White Apr 30, 2024 3 minutes
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    A UK auction house has been criticised for selling African human remains to the highest bidder.

    Semley Auctioneers, based in Dorset, is advertising Ancient Egyptian people’s skulls for an estimate of up to £300 for sale in a move that’s been slammed as unethical and “sickening” by academics, writers and campaigners.

    According to listings, the 20 remains were originally unearthed from of Egypt in north Africa, in 1881 by Lieutenant-General Augustus Pitt-Rivers, who is often referred

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