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Cuerdale Hoard

Near Preston, Lancashire

A chest of Viking silver falls out of a riverbank.

Workmen repairing the bank of the River Ribble struck a lead chest. Inside were more than 8,600 pieces of Viking silver: coins, ingots and chopped-up jewellery.

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When
Found 15 May 1840
Where
53.7650, -2.6180
Group
Lost treasure

Visiting

Pieces are held at the British Museum and Lancashire museums.

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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