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ELOR archive

07 Jan 2026

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the finds.

ELOR archive: Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the finds.
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