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Originally Posted by Watser?
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Originally Posted by livius drusus
The Het Valkhof museum in Nijmegen loaned the Tullie House museum in Cumbria a beautiful Roman cavalry helmet to make up for a tragic failure of the British Treasure Act to secure the Crosby-Garret helmet for the nation. I thought that was very sweet of them.
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I read the other day that municipal archeology departments in most of the country are complaining that they are almost full to the brim because the Treaty of Malta requires them to excavate any time there is a building site. They may have had too many of the damn things already 
@SR71: Nijmegen has about 160,000 inhabitants. |
Well, we all have our burdens. Tell them I have most generously extended an offer to relieve them of the excess inventory, if that is their wish. I shall certainly be happy to defray any shipping costs as might be encountered.
