The Thames is a river that helps shape our daily lives, but one we sometimes forget. This series will take you out on the river and introduce you to its people and places.

Dr. Booth said it was “by far the most comprehensive effort” to date the human remains found in the Thames. The river’s mud, which lacks oxygen, is a sealant that helps preserve remains.

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia. Making use of the ...