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  1. Yithian

    The Longest (And Most Consequential?) Footnote In History

    The Short Version: John Hodgson wrote a multi-volume work entitled 'A History of Northumberland', to which the correct attribution of the construction of Hadrian's Wall is but a peripheral matter. So when he published PART II, VOLUME III in 1840, he appended the fruit of his considerable...
  2. gattino

    Woman 'Dead' For An Hour Saved By Ghost Of Husband

    That at least is how the Front Page of the Daily Mirror summarised it. The story appears to have been in all the main tabloids, online at least and dominated the front of the Mirror....which is highly unusual for that paper, unless there's been a sudden change of policy. Paranormal themed items...
  3. Yithian

    Tri-Radial Cairns

    Unearthing Mysteries-Radio4 Heard the programme this is from, but I've never heard of these tri-radial cairns before. Listen to the programme and hear various theories for their 'function'. Plus plenty of speculation as to how Bronze Age man may have thought of passing into the afterlife.
  4. A

    The Hexham Heads

    Does anyone know what happened to the Hexham Heads, or where they are now? I was fascinated with this story as a child, and seem to remember reading somewhere that someone owned up to making them in the end. However, I also seem to remember that in the original story there were a range of...
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