Monday, December 2, 2019

BBC News Short video: The London river awash with historical secrets

We love London, England and ancient history and this short video from BBC News explores both of those things!

The London river awash with historical secrets
13 NOVEMBER 2019|HISTORY
London’s River Thames is the ever-present life-blood for millions of its citizens. But what the city’s residents may not know is that the tide is always revealing little hints of London’s previous inhabitants. Individuals called ’mudlarks’ have special permission to search the river’s shorelines for old objects - lost to the river and to time, but each giving a clue to who once lived in the city.