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Corbridge Lanx

Corbridge, Northumberland

A Roman silver tray found on a riverbank by a young girl.

In 1735 a girl walking by the River Tyne at Corbridge spotted a large silver dish in the mud. It is a Roman lanx, a decorated serving tray, showing gods including Apollo and Diana.

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When
Found 1735
Where
54.9750, -2.0180
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

Corbridge Roman Town is open nearby; the lanx is in the British Museum.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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