A delegation of Aboriginal people from Australia are due to arrive in Edinburgh to take home human remains.
The six skulls and a human ear bone are in collections belonging to the National Museums of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh.
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Aboriginal people and the Australian Government have fought to repatriate remains from museum collections.
On Monday, the Ngarrindjeri people will burn eucalyptus leaves in front of the McEwan Hall in a "smoking ceremony".
The ritual marks completion of a decade-long process that has seen remains held in the university's collection returned.
'Times change'
The delegation is in Edinburgh for the handover of the last part of human remains still held at the university.
They will then move onto the Museum of Scotland where they will collect six human skulls, also dating back to the 19th Century.
Dr John Scally, director of the University of Edinburgh Collections, said the handover completed an important process.
He said the remains were acquired by the university more than 100 years ago, when Australia was a British colony.
He added: "Over the past decade we have been returning human remains to the Aboriginal cultures which they came from.
"Times have changed dramatically since we were given these remains, but we are very happy that through returning them we are able to build a new relationship with the indigenous people of Australia."
(BBC)
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