A look at a surprising discovery along the River Thames and the story behind what was found. A mudlarking permit from the ...

For 2,000 years, humans have lived and worked along the London portion of the Thames, according to the Thames River Trust. Historian and writer Malcolm Russel spoke to CBS News about mudlarking.

“ Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London’s Lost Treasures ” will be on view at the London Museum Docklands, 1 West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London, April 4, 2025–March 1, 2026.

The Thames is uniquely suited to mudlarking. The river’s tidal nature, rising and falling twice daily, constantly stirs and reshapes the foreshore, periodically revealing and concealing layers ...

Ms Maiklem’s “Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames” reads like a riveting detective story. A television show, “Digging for Treasure”, follows mudlarks.

Highlighting remarkable discoveries and the stories behind these stellar finds. A mudlarking permit from the Port of London ...

England’s River Thames holds secrets, and some people are trying to uncover them. Mudlarking is a kind of scavenger hunt through the muck of the river. At low tide, mudlarks sift through the ...

Totally Thames festival is returning in September 2024 with events across the capital celebrating the life and soul of the river. Events include live art and performances, mudlarking and foreshore ...

"Mudlarks" were the people who made a living picking objects out of the mud along the River Thames. Writer Lara Maiklem follows in their tracks; she chronicles her journeys in a new book, Mudlark.

Malcolm Brabant: And the remains of the medieval jetty are swallowed by old father Thames. But they will reappear 12 hours later, when the river provides the next opportunity to mudlark.

But it is what lies beneath the river’s waves that is most fascinating, as I discovered at the London Museum Docklands’s exhibition, Secrets of the Thames.