A life-sized marble skull that has for centuries sat in plain sight at a German castle turns out to actually be the work of artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The skull, sculpted from white Carrara ...

A skull from an indigenous Namibian on display at the Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany, September 30, 2011, which was later restituted to the Namibian government. This skull was likely from a ...

In 1900, German colonial officers executed 19 Tanzanian leaders, including Akida Kiwelu, and shipped their skulls to Berlin for scientific study. Thousands of such skulls and ancestral remains stolen ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German newspaper on Saturday published new photographs purporting to show German soldiers desecrating human bones in Afghanistan, including a mock execution of a skeleton ...

"German soldiers pose in Afghanistan with a human skull and bring the entire mission into disrepute," daily Die Welt said. "It is not the first scandal involving the armed forces but it could be ...

BERLIN — Germany's Defense Ministry said today it was investigating photos published by the country's biggest-selling newspaper that appear to show German troops in Afghanistan posing with a skull.