Mystery of a message in a bottle: discovered in vessel

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Mystery surrounds a note inside a century-old glass vessel that was painstakingly recovered from under a flagstone at Durham Cathedral this week.

The bottle contained a faded piece of paper with the names of who are believed to be three gravediggers, along with the message: 'This grave was opened on Sunday May 11th 1913.'

But experts are baffled as to why the men left the note there or what it means.

Mystery: Experts painstakingly recovered this century-old glass vessel from underneath Durham Cathedral but bafflement surrounds the meaning of a note that was left inside

The note was written on the back of an advert for the Globe Theatre in London, known now as the Gielgud Theatre

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