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King John's Treasure

The Wash, Lincolnshire

England's crown jewels, swallowed by the tide and never seen again.

In October 1216 King John's baggage train tried to cross the estuary where the Wash meets the land. The tide came in too fast.

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When
October 1216
Where
52.7800, 0.2500
Group
Lost treasure

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Sutton Bridge is the traditional crossing point.

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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