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October 1, 2025 | 03:24 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The authorities volition grounds the Java quality fossil returned by the Dutch authorities to Indonesia aft President Prabowo Subianto visited The Hague connected Friday, September 26, 2025.
Culture Minister Fadli Zon stated that the authorities is preparing a spot for the revitalization of the returned fossils, peculiarly for revitalizing paleoanthropological knowledge. One of the salient fossils returned is the Homo Erectus fossil known arsenic Java Man, discovered by Dutch geologist Eugene Dubois successful Trinil, Ngawi, Central Java, successful 1891.
"It is planned to beryllium exhibited astatine the National Museum," said Fadli Zon aft attending the commemoration of Pancasila Sanctity Day astatine the Pancasila Sakti Monument, East Jakarta, connected Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Fadli Zon stated that the Java Man fossil is an important find successful the technological world. In summation to the Java Man fossil, different artifacts volition gradually beryllium returned to Indonesia.
Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Gouke Moes symbolically handed implicit the fossil to Indonesian Minister of Culture Fadli Zon connected Friday, September 26, 2025, astatine the Naturalis Biodiversity Center successful Leiden, the Netherlands.
Fadli Zon mentioned this repatriation arsenic a restoration of Indonesia's sovereignty and strategical triumph aft much than a period of cognition of quality origins being separated from its birthplace.
"Today, we are closing the humanities spread and restoring the dignity of cognition calved successful Trinil. The instrumentality of Dubois's postulation is impervious that Indonesian taste diplomacy is working, the morganatic ownership of the Republic of Indonesia is recognized, and planetary probe entree remains preserved," helium said successful a merchandise received by Tempo connected Friday, September 26, 2025.
In summation to the Java Man fossil, the Netherlands volition besides instrumentality astir 28,000 fossils oregon specimens from Dubois's collection, including fossils recovered by Dubois successful Sumatra and Java. So far, the postulation has been managed by the Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
Previously, President Prabowo Subianto stated that the Dutch King agreed to instrumentality the 30,000 Indonesian fossils taken during the assemblage period.
This repatriation statement was made erstwhile Prabowo met with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands astatine the Huis 10 Bosch Palace, The Hague, the Netherlands, connected Friday, September 26, 2025.
"I judge it is the bully morals of the Netherlands that privation to support bully relations with us," said Prabowo upon accomplishment astatine the Halim Perdanakusumah Air Force Base, Jakarta, September 27, 2025.
Dian Yuliastuti contributed to the penning of this article
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