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Anticrepuscular_Ray t1_itjv2tb wrote

Reply to comment by Girly_Shrieks in Thor’s hammer amulet discovered in Sweden - Arkeonews by GullyShotta

Archaeologists don't get to keep these things for themselves.

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rbajter t1_itkbzvn wrote

No one in Sweden does either. They are automatically owned by the state and you need to hand them over to the local authorities as soon as possible to avoid legal troubles.

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SeleucusNikator1 t1_itqfgy9 wrote

I wonder how old something has to be in order to be classified as a cultural relic owned by the state. How do you draw the line between "family heirloom great-grandpa gave me" and "artefact"?

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rbajter t1_itrgi7x wrote

Anything older than 1850 found in the ground.

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