Death & Disasters
Discover objects, stories and blogs that tell us about death and disaster through London’s history.
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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The Stone Age skull rescued from the River Thames
Found after 5,000 years in the mud
Collections
Collections
How the Great Fire of London created insurance
The Great Fire of London in 1666 had a surprising outcome: the creation of modern property insurance
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
The medieval graveyard on Newgate Street
How 1970s archaeologists recorded the remains of 234 people buried nearly 1,000 years ago
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Photography
Photography
A grave-digger at Kensal Green Cemetery (resin coated silver gelatin print)
Matze, Yoke
1988
