"Earlier this month, a person or persons unknown left a glass display case containing human remains in front of the Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage (GDKE) archaeological showcase in Speyer, Germany. The remains inside the case include skull parts, a mummified leg and textile fragments. Staff called the police who confiscated the case. At first they thought it was a Halloween prank, but forensic pathologists examined the remains and determined they are at least 1,000 years old."
"He explained that the case had belonged to his now-deceased mother. She claimed that she found the remains decades ago in South America and brough them back to Germany. When the family was cleaning out her stuff, they decided it would be wrong to just trash this awkward assemblage, so they put it in front of the GDKE's archaeological exhibit. It makes an odd kind of sense, I suppose, and they clearly were hoping the GDKE archaeologists would give their random body parts a new home without running the risk of rejection, hence the secret deposit."
An anonymous individual left a glass display case containing human remains — skull fragments, a mummified leg, and textile fragments — in front of the Rhineland-Palatinate General Directorate for Cultural Heritage (GDKE) archaeological showcase in Speyer, Germany. Staff contacted police, and forensic pathologists determined the remains are at least 1,000 years old. The depositor later came forward, saying the case belonged to his deceased mother who claimed to have found the remains decades earlier in South America and brought them to Germany. GDKE does not accept human remains of unknown origin for storage or examination. Police found the family's explanation credible and will forward the report to the public prosecutor.
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