Researchers drove a car equipped with ground-penetrating radar over the land near Utstein Monastery on the island of Klosterøy. (Grethe M. Pedersen / University of Stavanger)

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Ground-penetrating radar found evidence of a trading hub buried near the island of Klosterøy's historic monastery

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On this day in 1839, Charlotte Brönte, aged 23, declined an offer of marriage from the Reverend Henry Nussey, her friend's brother. "Farewell. I shall always be glad to hear from you as a friend," Brönte, who would go on to publish Jane Eyre, wrote.

Learn about a miniature manuscript Brönte wrote as a teenager, which the museum in her childhood home finally obtained last year.

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