referring to a dearth of evidence about the funerary practices of many ancient societies. If water burials were as prevalent as the Thames findings suggest, the rivers of Europe could be doing ...

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 ...

Secrets of the Thames, a new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands presents an insight into the fascinating world of mudlarking. It draws together more than 350 finds recovered from the river ...

And then of course, at the end, she adds BC. The bone is 5,300 years old - one of the most ancient objects ever found in the Thames. It predates the pyramids, predates Stonehenge. What was going on?

In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains ...

The London Museum’s fascinating new exhibition, Secrets of the Thames, invites visitors to step into the shoes of a mudlark, offering a rare glimpse into what it would have felt like to be the first ...

Campaigners have renewed calls for the Lower Thames Crossing project ... Ockendon and sits within the path of the proposed new carriageway. Areas are granted ancient woodland status by Natural ...

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall ... For those who wish to see a variety of the more ancient objects from London, this exhibition tides things over until ...

Secrets of the Thames, invites visitors to step into the shoes of a mudlark, offering a rare glimpse into what it would have felt like to be the first person in centuries to touch these ancient ...