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Irish museum solves mystery of Bronze Age axe heads delivered in porridge box
Artefacts sent by farmer, who made the ‘absolutely mad’ discovery while cutting silage
When the national museum of Ireland received two 4,000-year-old axe heads, “thoughtfully” wrapped in foam inside a porridge box, from an anonymous source last month, it put out an appeal. When the museum received the anonymous axe heads, it issued an appeal calling for more information, saying it was “crucial to know the exact location where they were found” for “reasons that could range from ritualistic to supernatural”. The museum also said it is participating in an international study of bronze age metalwork to trace the origins of the metals used in such artefacts, and that more details about the axe heads could provide critical information.
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