Having been looking at the output of some woo merchants lately, one of things I'm struck by is how many things that they claim to be mysteries simply aren't. A really common one is Inca architecture "How did they do it???? ALIENS!!!!" Well, no. They did it like this A 🧵 1/n 1st off: Muscle power. Getting enough people together to shift the stones was not a problem. The Inca Empire employed a system of tribute in the form of labour that required all males between 15-50 to work on large public construction projects.... 2/n

Well, as I appear to have upset half of FB, I'll go for the double on Twitter then shut up about it: #TheDig

1) Edith Pretty was 5 years older than Basil Brown at the time of the dig.
2) Basil wasn’t an amateur, he was self-taught, and paid to dig sites by Ipswich Museum 1/n 3) The site photos were taken by two women, Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff
4) Biggles the photographer is a complete invention. He did not exist.
5) Stuart and Peggy Piggott were roughly the same age.
6) Stuart was not Peggy’s professor.

Odd how the people losing their shit over a statue of a slaver being destroyed don't get upset about all the fine old buildings destroyed every year for the sake of profit. It's almost like they're using faux concern about heritage as cover for something else #ColstonHasFallen Also Bristol: in 2017, a developer deliberately destroyed a magnificent 17thC ceiling to stop it being listed. Anyone remember the Home Secretary screaming outrage about it? Right-wing columnists also? No, me either #selectiveoutrage #ColstonHasFallen bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-n….