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Roman industrial hub discovered on banks of River Wear

> OSL measures when minerals such as quartz were last exposed to sunlight. Over time, these minerals build up a tiny store of energy while buried. When stimulated with light or heat in the laboratory, the minerals release this energy as a faint glow, which tells experts how long they have been underground.

Now that's just magic, plain and simple.

25 minutes agomitthrowaway2

Being it's the Romans, and there are a lot of years of Romans, wouldn't one expect such a hub...

Every Wear?

27 minutes agob112

For some reason I was expecting a large wheel hub.