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London: LONDON - Jewelry, pieces of ships, medieval ice skates, centuries-old skulls some fascinating pieces of London's history aren't in museums, but underground. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The 118-kilometre 73-mile Crossrail line is Britain's biggest construction project and the largest archaeological dig in London for decades. In the city's busy business core, archaeologists have struck pay dirt, uncovering everything from a chunk of Roman road to dozens of 2,000-year-old horseshoes, some golden 16th-century bling and the bones of long-dead Londoners. In this Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 photo, bones and and artifacts are uncovered by archaeologists digs on a site near London's Liverpool Street railway and tube station during the building of the new hi-speed rail line, during a media visit in London. Commuters scuttling past London's Liverpool Street rail and subway station this week were unaware that just feet away, archaeologists were gently unearthing the centuries-old bones of some previous Londoners. Jewelry, pieces of ships, medieval ice skates, centuries-old skulls some incredible pieces of London's history aren't in museums, they're underground. More often than not, they stay there, but work on a new railway line under the British capital is bringing centuries of that buried history to light. The 118-kilometer 73-mile Crossrail line is Britain's biggest construction project and the largest archaeological dig in London for decades. In the city's busy business core, archaeologists have struck pay dirt, uncovering everything from a chunk of Roman road to dozens of 2,000-year-old horseshoes, some golden 17th-century bling and the bones of long-dead Londoners. AP Photo/Alastair Grant More often than not, they stay there, but work on a new railway line under the British capital is bringing centuries of that buried history to light. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.