A new exhibition in London (open until February 2026) called Thirst: In search of freshwater highlights how civilizations ...

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A Boneyard Along the Thames River Reveals London’s Ancient Burials. Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.

On a fine September day last year, Simon Hunt took his boat from Team Keane Rowing Club down to the River Thames at Brentford, just as he normally does most days. But on that day, he spotted ...

People have been dumping bodies into the River Thames for over 6,000 years, especially during the Bronze and Iron ... Ancient communities would have fought over this vital resource and strategic ...

For those of you who now feel inspired to go scavenging for ancient treasures along the Thames—remember that you need a permit, and that there’s a waitlist! Archaeology Bronze Age Iron Age Rivers.

Why so many human remains from the Bronze and Iron Age have surfaced from the Thames remains unknown. Researchers have dated a large number of the skeletons to those time periods, which possibly ...

Campaigners have renewed calls for the Lower Thames Crossing project to be scrapped after a small area along the proposed route was redesignated as ancient woodland. The road linking Essex and ...

There’s a 10,000-person wait list to search for riches in London’s Thames. Mudlarking had long been a niche hobby. Then influencers discovered it.

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls ...

Nicola Arthur, curator at the Natural History Museum, said: ‘Most people – including Londoners! – are quite taken aback to hear that hundreds of human bones have come from the River Thames.