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France hands back human remains to Madagascar 127 years after colonial massacre

• Aug 26, 2025, 8:38 PM
1 min de lecture
France has formally returned 3 colonial-era skulls to Madagscar -- one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897.His skull then taken back to Paris as a trophy, and placed in the archives of the Natural History Museum. It's the first restitution of human remains since France passed a law to facilitate their return two years ago.