A 4,000-Year-Old Battle-Axe Head Faces an Export Ban
Farm workers found a stone object on the ground in the winter of 1974. This happened at Scarthingwell, in North Yorkshire. It was recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme in 2012. Now, the UK Government has put a temporary export ban on this 4,000-year-old Scarthingwell battle-axe head. This is so that a British institution can buy it for…
