【英國尋寶】垃圾河灘變考古天堂？倫敦「奪寶奇兵」帶你挖出百年文物 (Patreon)

每逢退潮，倫敦泰晤士河就會露出一大片河床，雖然滿布泥濘和垃圾，但就吸引不少「河灘尋寶人」前來搜索歷史遺物。

這片受潮汐影響的河灘綿延近153公里，足有5個維港海濱長廊那麼長。自史前時代起，人類一直在河邊生活、貿易往來，遺下無數物件。這些遺物都承載着教科書上鮮有提及的英國民間史。

這一天，我們跟隨持牌尋寶人 Alessio Checconi @london_madlark 翻尋一下「垃圾」，一探昔日倫敦人的生活百態。

When the tide goes out, the River Thames reveals a vast foreshore. Though muddy and littered with debris, it draws mudlarks who search for forgotten artefacts.

Stretching nearly 95 miles (153 km), this tidal foreshore is roughly five times the length of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour promenade. Since prehistoric times, people living and trading along the river have left behind countless objects, which preserve the history of everyday life in Britain rarely found in textbooks.

On our visit, we joined licensed mudlark Alessio Checconi (@london_madlark) to dig through the “rubbish”  and uncover how Londoners lived in the past.

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