How mudlarking was once carried out by the Victorian poor - but is now a popular hobby Records of mudlarking on the River ...

Scientists and historians finally know why hundreds of human bones are still being pulled from the bottom of the River Thames in a 300-year-old mystery. Researchers examined 30 skeletons found in ...

These ones were individually hand-made from copper alloy and date from anywhere between 1400 and 1800 ... by the river in great numbers – dropped by the people who worked on the Thames, or ...

Though it’s impossible to know exactly why the bodies ended up in the river thousands ... up from the Thames. While the remains span almost 6,000 years—4000 BCE to 1800 CE—most originated ...

It was the first ever published account of human remains being dredged from the River Thames during the construction of the Victoria Bridge. An unusual amount of skulls were found among bronze and ...

In the study, "Human remains from the River Thames: new dating evidence," published ... span extended from approximately 4000 BC to 1800 AD, with a small gap during the early medieval period ...