How have significant human remains been discovered, removed from where they were found and preserved?
What scientific methods have been used to investigate and preserve the remains?
What is the significance of the human remains and associated sources for an understanding of the life and times in which these people lived?
What ethical issues are relevant to the treatment, display and ownership of the remains?
We place importance on events, people and places in our past and their impact.
Studying human remains significantly influences our understanding of the past.
Human remains allow historians to reconstruct peoples lives and contexts.
Human remains have survived for a variety of reasons and historians rely heavily on the work of scientists to unlock their secrets.