A History of the World in 100 Objects, addendum

This, from Cambridge student rag ‘Varsity’, just buzzed onto my BlackBerry, courtesy of a Google Alert.

It pertains to the BBC series I mentioned earlier today.

It’s fairly dull.

But I was interested to read this:

“Many objects chosen have been dramatically excavated from Cambridgeshire soil… The Archaeological Unit… offered a remarkable medieval coin hoard discovered by workmen in a sewerage shaft in Cambridge city centre.”

And there’s me thinking that the only things to be found down Cambridge sewerage shafts were regurgitated porto-wine and swans’ feet…

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