Excavating the Thames foreshore is only allowed by licensed 'Mudlarkers' who scour the mud and shingle for historical artefacts dated from throughout London's history as a port and ancient settlement.
(Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)] ‘They have been encountered fairly regularly in the water places of northwest Europe, but the Thames’ human bones represent a uniquely large assemblage.
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.
In 2022, a rower came across a 5,000 year old human bone dating bac to the Stone Age along the banks of the Thames.
– are quite taken aback to hear that hundreds of human bones have come from the River Thames.
