Edwin G. Sep 27

The Netherlands 🇳🇱 will return “Java Man” and over 28,000 other artifacts to Indonesia 🇮🇩 where they were taken from.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/netherlands-repatriation-indonesia-1.7644998
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Les Pays-Bas 🇳🇱 vont restituer « Homme de Java » et plus de 28000 autres artéfacts à l’Indonésie 🇮🇩 d’où ils ont été pris.

https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/patrimoine/les-premiers-fossiles-de-l-homme-de-java-vont-etre-restitues-par-les-pays-bas-a-l-indonesie-20250926

#Netherlands #PaysBas #Indonesia #Indonésie #JavaMan #HommeDeJava

The Netherlands returns 'Java Man,' thousands of colonial-era fossils taken from Indonesia | CBC News

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a world-renowned collection, after a commission ruled they were removed in the colonial era "against the will of the people," the education ministry announced on Friday.

CBC