London - Three preserved 19th century Maori heads that were hidden away in a Glasgow Museum for more than 50 years are being returned to their native New Zealand. Glasgow Council voted unanimously ...

Preparing the biggest homecoming yet of its kind, authorities in New Zealand on Monday received 20 ancestral heads of Maori ethnic people once held in several French museums as a cultural curiosity.

Others worry they may open themselves up to claims for the return of artifacts from ancient Rome and Egypt if they set a precedent with the Maori heads. Even the Maori Te Papa Museum of New ...