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The other day an old friend and I went to see the Cheapside Hoard exhibition. This is a mysterious collection of astonishing jewellery that's thought to have formed the stock of a goldsmith's shop. It was buried before the Great Fire of London in 1666 for reasons that are unknown. After the Fire had consumed the houses above, nobody thought to dig too deep in the ruins. Instead, more houses (obviously not ones with very good foundations) were built. They were occupied for hundreds of years…

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