Plea to UK museums to raise funds to keep Palaeolithic handaxes in the country

Two 500,000-year-old flint handaxes discovered in Norfolk have been blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the funds to keep them in the country.

The two axes were discovered in 2019 and 2021 and have been in a private collection. Following the a…

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