<p class="dcr-4cudl2">An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook’s final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been thrown into a skip.</p><p class="dcr-4cudl2">More than 200 shells have been returned to English <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/heritage" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="auto-linked-tag">Heritage</a>, which will put some of them on display in Northumberland this week.</p><div id="sign-in-gate"><gu-island name="SignInGateSelector" priority="feature" deferuntil="visible" props="{"contentType":"Article","sectionId":"science","tags":[{"id":"science/archaeology","type":"Keyword","title":"Archaeology"},{"id":"uk/uk","type":"Keyword","title":"UK 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At its heart, it tells the little-known tale of the woman who collected them, Bridget Atkinson.</p>
