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Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking treasures showcase history of London's river and the people who scour its banks

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia. Making use of the limited ...
Artnet

Lost Treasures From the Thames Will Go on View at the London Museum

Twice a day, the River Thames flows out towards the North Sea exposing miles of briny clay banks. During these windows of low tide, one of Britain’s largest archaeological site emerges and Londoners ...
WESA

London's 'Mudlark' Pulls Treasure From The Thames

Lara Maiklem searches for treasures along the foreshore of the Thames. On the north side of the river Thames, between a pub and a railway bridge, there's a rickety staircase down to another world. Or ...
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Treasure found in London's River Thames

Join Si, Jules, and Vicks as they explore London's River Thames in search of lost history. To mudlark the Thames foreshore ...
Artnet

3 Historical Treasures Rescued From London’s River Thames

As successive generations of Londoners have lived in the city over thousands of years, their everyday lives have generated plenty of objects, whether cherished belongings or detritus. Some of these ...
Reuters

London's mudlarks retrieve history from the Thames

LONDON (Reuters) - It's seven in the morning and we kneel in black mud on the freezing banks of London's River Thames in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral, where a church has dominated the ancient ...
New Scientist

How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring ...
The Economist

Britons are ever keener on mudlarking in the River Thames

THE SLUDGE is everywhere. A Roman coin is disguised as a bottle-top; a Tudor shoe is dressed like a wedge of wet-wipes. For Jason Sandy, sorting the trash from treasure is easy work. Scouring the ...
The Australian

Why mudlarking on the banks of the Thames has taken off

Touching a link to the distant past is unexpectedly electrifying. An hour earlier, I would not have even noticed this piece of rubble on the riverbed. But at the start of Thames Explorer Trust’s In ...
Inside Edition

Bones, Pottery, Among Other Items Pulled by Mudlarks From London’s River Thames

England’s River Thames holds secrets, and some people are trying to uncover them. Mudlarking is a kind of scavenger hunt through the muck of the river. At low tide, mudlarks sift through the detritus ...
Professional Jeweller

London Museum Docklands highlights emerging designers

In celebration of a London Museum Docklands initiative, five jewellery designer-makers' pieces will be on display from 24 ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

London's 'Mudlark' Pulls Treasure From The Thames

"Mudlarks" were the people who made a living picking objects out of the mud along the River Thames. Writer Lara Maiklem follows in their tracks;... London's 'Mudlark' Pulls Treasure From The Thames On ...