Global Heritage Fund

A roundup of recent news from the heritage field: – The FBI uses DNA to identify a mummy's head – The Metropolitan Museum of Art returns two statues to their countries of origin – Archaeologists find an unexpected Viking village in Dublin – Researchers uncover a 1,500-year-old massacre in Sweden – Evidence of the largest ancient child sacrifice in the world is discovered in Peru – Crumbling walls in a Tuscan town indicate larger problems for Italy's historic architecture —- LINKS AND RESOURCES "The F.B.I. and the Mystery of the Mummy’s Head" from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/science/mummy-head-fbi-dna.html "The Met Will Return Looted Statues of Sages and Goddesses to Both India and Nepal" from Art Net News: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-returns-looted-indian-idol-1259441 "Archaeologist hails ‘extraordinary’ Viking village find in Dublin" from The Irish Times: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/archaeologist-hails-extraordinary-viking-village-find-in-dublin-1.3