The Bronze Age artefacts arrived at a museum packed in foam and accompanied by an anonymous note.
  • deegeese@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    In the same article where they ask the discoverer to come forward and identify themselves, they write about how this person has exposed themselves to criminal liability and huge fines for trying to help.

    No way they’re coming forward now.

    Sounds like the law is preventing archaeologists from learning the provenance the axe heads.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      5 months ago

      However, appealing to the sender to get back in touch, staff said information about the discovery of the axe-heads would be “treated with the utmost confidentiality and used solely to verify the find location and its circumstances”.

      Or in other words “we won’t snitch on you, we just want the data”