Hundreds of human bones have emerged from the River Thames in the last two centuries, most of them prehistoric.

Discoveries can be made as far east as the Thames Estuary, up to 40 miles from central London, although mudlarks tend to use their own boats in this broad island-strewn reach of the river.

A Tudor wool knitted hat and a Viking-era dagger are among a series of objects found on the banks of the River Thames which ...

These bloody words were written by 19th-Century antiquarian H.S. Cuming in On the discovery of Celtic crania in the vicinity ...

Her book, Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames, will be published in August. Lara appears on a special edition of Time Travellers, the quirkiest history podcast around. Subscribe to the ...

Mudlarking, or the scavenging and studying of historical objects that have been dredged up on riversides, is an ancient activity that’s gaining a whole new following on TikTok and Instagram.

"If you spend enough time on the Thames, you will eventually come across human remains," wrote river mudlark Lara Maiklem in The Spectator. It is "a river of lost souls, filled with suicides ...

and the Thames is tidal, which means that one can get onto the river bed to search twice a day,” says Maiklam, also the author of A Mudlarking Year: Finding Treasure in Every Season. Mudlarking ...

“I’m using the River Thames as a vehicle to explore contemporary ritual in ... and whether they were secular, or non-secular.” Mudlarking, 10/01/2015, 10.00 am, Southbank 2 varies 51°30’31.4”N 0°06’26 ...