64 h. ago Man unearths time capsule buried 24 years ago – and can't believe what's inside it

A man unearthed a time capsule which he buried around 24 years ago with on Millennium Eve (December 31, 1999) with his brother – and he simply can't believe the contents of it

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1 week ago Volunteers uncover ‘hugely exciting’ burial site underneath Welsh park

Human remains were found in three pits during a dig at Cardiff’s Trelai Park

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2 w. ago The Greater Manchester river branded 'one of the UK's worst sewage dumping grounds'

An event next week will examine concerns about sewage being pumped into the river near Bury for hundreds of hours per year

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2 w. ago You won’t believe what’s buried on the slopes of this historic Welsh hill walk

One of my favourite short hikes is a hill walk near the market town of Abergavenny, which has a very unusual burial site and memorial on the heather-clad slopes

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2 w. ago Viking age burial site full of ancient objects found in Denmark, say experts

‘Spectacular’ discovery at site of about 30 graves includes pearls, coins, ceramics and a box containing gold threadA 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a “spectacular” trove of ancient objects, a museum has said.The discovery came almost by chance when pearls, coins, ceramics and a box containing a gold thread were unearthed during construction work near Lisbjerg, a village located 4 miles (7km) north of Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘The railway that got the world on track’: a walk through 200 years of history in County Durham

A new trail follows the 26-mile route of the world’s first passenger train journey on the Stockton and Darlington RailwayIt was as strange a sight as you could stumble upon in the English countryside. As a muggy summer’s day began outside Shildon, Durham – rain threatening, bees drowsy in the hedgerows – I found myself standing on an embankment, surveying two rows of colossal stone teeth jutting through the earth. It looked as if someone had buried a sleeping giant.“You wouldn’t believe it by looking at it, but this is one of railway history’s most amazing feats,” my companion, rail expert Richie Starrs, said as we gazed down at the molars beneath our feet. A closer look revealed they were abandoned rail sleepers, laid out between the hawthorns and along which coal wagons were once pulled uphill by steam traction locomotives. “This is the Brusselton Incline, a section of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway. Nationally, it’s a story that’s not well known, but it’s one we’re ...

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2 w. ago Dig begins for the remains of 800 children believed to have been buried at Irish 'mother and baby home' where bodies 'were dumped into sewage tank called The Pit'

Pre-excavation work began on Monday ahead of a full-scale dig to try to identify hundreds of children who died at the home in Tuam, Co Galway between 1925 and 1961

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2 w. ago Preparatory work to identify remains of 800 infants at Irish mother and baby home begins

Excavation crews begin sealing off site in Tuam, Co Galway, before full-scale dig starts on 14 JulyPreliminary work aimed at identifying the remains of nearly 800 infants is starting on the site in Tuam, Co Galway, as Ireland continues to wrestle with the traumatic legacy of its mother and baby homes scandal.Catherine Corless, a local historian who first sounded the alarm about the dark past of the institution run by nuns from the Bon Secours order, uncovered the names of 796 infants who are believed to have been buried there between 1925 and 1961, some in a disused subterranean septic tank. There were no burial records. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Remains of 800 babies and kids to be dug up after children 'thrown in sewage pit'

The site where almost 800 babies are thought to have been buried in a sewage pit dubbed 'the pit' is finally to be excavated after years of research and international outrage

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