In this Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 photo, a gilt-brass and enamel clock-watch with alarm and calendar made by Gaultier Ferlite is seen on display in an exhibition 'The Cheapside Hoard: London's Lost Jewels' ...

Known as the Cheapside Hoard, it is considered the world’s largest and finest collection of jewelry from these two important eras in British history. The items were accidentally found by construction ...

Buried jewels, fake gemstones, cheats, thieves and missing treasure. After decades of putting bits and pieces on display, the Museum of London has at last thrust the whole of the Cheapside Hoard — a ...

It's the stuff daydreams are made of: Finding unexpected treasure in an unexpected place, as happened to some London construction workers who stumbled on one of the most spectacular treasures ever, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Experts may be one tiny step closer to unravelling the mystery of who buried hundreds of dazzling jewels under a London neighbourhood during a turbulent period in English history ...

SPARKLE PLENTY: London is having an Elizabethan moment. A show of Tudor and Stuart fashion is currently taking place at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, and now The Museum of London, in ...

ON A summer’s day in 1912 demolition workers broke through the wooden floor of a building in Cheapside, the main thoroughfare in the City of London, and struck gold. In the stone- and brick-lined ...

In June 1912, two workmen made a discovery in the London mud that would stun the antiquarian world: a hoard of gold, pearls, rubies, emeralds, and jewels from around the world. Handed over to antiques ...

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nepalnepal — Diamonds may be forever, but a lot of jewelry doesn’t survive through the centuries. Rings and bracelets get broken up for re-use, pearls decay, gold is melted down. That explains the ...