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Evie Numan, 10, picked the piece up at a National Trust estate in Surrey, thinking it was a rock.

Girl on National Trust site walk discovers 6,000-year-old artefact

Ronnie and Alfie found the 2kg of ambergris on Leven beach (Pic: Ronnie Humphreys)

Father and son duo discover rare ambergris on beach walk

The wreck of the Klein Hollandia (Photo: Cathy de Lara)

Shipwreck off UK coast identified as 17th century Dutch warship

Apple Day at Lotherton Hall, near Leds

From Cox's to Spartan - why we love apples

Dan Snow

Video shows Anglo Saxon swords and shields among 'astonishing' FIFTH CENTURY fin...

Roald Dahl pictured in 1971. (Photo by Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Getty Images)

Archaeologists object to expansion plans for Roald Dahl cemetery near ancient Ro...

Samian pottery uncovered

HS2 archaeologists discover secrets of ancient Roman town near Aylesbury

Another unique find

'Once-in-a-lifetime' ancient Roman statues discovered in Aylesbury

The medieval remains found in Aylesbury

Anglo-Saxon church pre-dating the Norman era discovered in Aylesbury

Hard at work!

HS2 Archaeologists uncover nine centuries of local history in Aylesbury Vale

The post-holes marking where the timber posts would have stood show the scale of the monument

Archaeologists safely remove Wendover 'Winter Solstice' monument