Amazing burial site found next to Aldi.
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“A royal burial site found between a pub and Aldi supermarket has been hailed as the UK's answer to Tutankhamun's tomb.”
Southend burial site 'UK's answer to Tutankhamun' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-482038...
The ordinaryness of this site made me laugh.
What cool stuff have you uncovered near a pub or anywhere else?
Ancient swords, gold from a Spanish Galleon, the ark of the covenant, old porno mags?
Southend burial site 'UK's answer to Tutankhamun' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-482038...
The ordinaryness of this site made me laugh.
What cool stuff have you uncovered near a pub or anywhere else?
Ancient swords, gold from a Spanish Galleon, the ark of the covenant, old porno mags?
Roofless Toothless said:
Why has all this been (forgive the phrase) been unearthed now? I have been reading about the Prittlewell site for years. There was even an episode of Time Team about it in 2005.
Yeah it seems to have been ‘discovered’ in 2003, perhaps they've finalised some research or something?This was the only bit in the article relating to an update?
“After 15 years of research, archaeologists said their "best guess" was that the tomb belonged to Seaxa, Saebert's brother.”
Still it’s a bit of a poor cousin to the pyramids.
We found a safe at work which we struggled to open. It had been owned by a previous director who’d died ten years previous. A very wealthy chap with several E-type Jags (used one, rest for historic value and future sales), owned a few mansions in the area, wiped his arse with £50 notes... you get the idea.
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Roofless Toothless said:
Why has all this been (forgive the phrase) been unearthed now? I have been reading about the Prittlewell site for years. There was even an episode of Time Team about it in 2005.
I do remember reading that a lot of archaeological sites will be left (although discovered) until newer technology is available to better assess what is inside, best methods of unearthing etc. 
Baby Shark doo doo doo doo said:
We found a safe at work which we struggled to open. It had been owned by a previous director who’d died ten years previous. A very wealthy chap with several E-type Jags (used one, rest for historic value and future sales), owned a few mansions in the area, wiped his arse with £50 notes... you get the idea.
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Sorry but you should have made this into a multi-page, long-running thread, as is surely form on PH for such matters?
The kind where you post it up, do maybe 3 or 4 posts per day for a week or so as you desperately try new ways to open it to no avail. Then go away for several weeks, whilst the occasional poster comes in to ask if there have been any updates, which will cause someone else to not realise its an old thread
Then eventually come back maybe 9-10 months later with the details of what you eventually found inside
El stovey said:
Yeah it seems to have been ‘discovered’ in 2003, perhaps they've finalised some research or something?
This was the only bit in the article relating to an update?
“After 15 years of research, archaeologists said their "best guess" was that the tomb belonged to Seaxa, Saebert's brother.”
Still it’s a bit of a poor cousin to the pyramids.
I'm taking all this with a pinch of salt.This was the only bit in the article relating to an update?
“After 15 years of research, archaeologists said their "best guess" was that the tomb belonged to Seaxa, Saebert's brother.”
Still it’s a bit of a poor cousin to the pyramids.
Shakermaker said:
Baby Shark doo doo doo doo said:
We found a safe at work which we struggled to open. It had been owned by a previous director who’d died ten years previous. A very wealthy chap with several E-type Jags (used one, rest for historic value and future sales), owned a few mansions in the area, wiped his arse with £50 notes... you get the idea.
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Safe weighed about 250 kg so we tried opening it where it was sat. Killed the drill bits, angle grinder was useless. Determined to open it and sure there must be something important inside, three of use struggled out of the cellar with it and got it onto a forklift. Excitedly we moved it to the disused hydraulic 750 press, positioned it on edge, and slowly cracked it open.
Was full of unused envelopes and a couple of 70s German porn mags
Sorry but you should have made this into a multi-page, long-running thread, as is surely form on PH for such matters?
The kind where you post it up, do maybe 3 or 4 posts per day for a week or so as you desperately try new ways to open it to no avail. Then go away for several weeks, whilst the occasional poster comes in to ask if there have been any updates, which will cause someone else to not realise its an old thread
Then eventually come back maybe 9-10 months later with the details of what you eventually found inside
The fact it was intact probably means he may have been of some significance but then again is a flamboyant type today with a house full of knick knacks going to be regarded as someone important in a 1000 years time?
A lot of these finds in fields and fens smack of hiding stolen goods before failing to return.
No doubt there will be a breathless documentary banging on about it soon.
A lot of these finds in fields and fens smack of hiding stolen goods before failing to return.
No doubt there will be a breathless documentary banging on about it soon.
If there was no bank handy, and you suspected someone was after your stuff, where did you keep your valuables? Often buried. Sometimes people for whatever reason never went back for them.
A friend of mine found a hoard of 150 French silver coins from the 1800s that someone had hidden intending to recover them later, but never did.
A friend of mine found a hoard of 150 French silver coins from the 1800s that someone had hidden intending to recover them later, but never did.
anonymous said:
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There was about 2 years of crusties living in the trees around it to stop them building the actual road. Luckily? The council gave in and the road wasn’t widened.
There is a kind of grass mound there now with a cross pattern on top made of stones. Think there is a pic of it on the bbc website.
Edited: road. Not toad!
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