Earlier this month (April 12) I contacted the Home Office about the sale of the assets from Robin Symes. I received this statement: "The matters you have raised are the responsibility of the Ministry of the Justice".
I spoke to the Home Office yesterday and it appears that this information was incorrect. The Ministry of Justice is not dealing with the assets ... it is the Home Office.
Discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities and archaeological material.
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Ah, the runaround. Exactly what happened back in 2003 when Renfrew et. al. tried to get a response from the FCO. They were/are MPs, and they got shuffled too, so you should not feel particularly dissed.
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