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Mystery as 4k-year-old axe-heads sent to museum

The Bronze Age artefacts arrived at a museum packed in foam and accompanied by an anonymous note.

"We are thrilled about the discovery of these Early Bronze Age axe-heads," said Matt Seaver, Assistant Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the museum. The museum explained that knowing the context of archaeological discoveries helps experts "piece together ancient settlement patterns and cultural practices". 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".

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