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A fortress, a prison, a palace; once even the Royal Mint, and still housing the crown jewels. The iconic fortress on the Thames River, the Tower of London, is the subject of a new investigation with the help of cutting-edge technology. The graffiti and texts etched by some of the prisoners who’d committed the most heinous of crimes, such as high treason, as they bided their time, awaiting their fate(s). Famed Inmates, Intelligible Cries for Help Dr Jamie Ingram, who is heading the project to study graffiti in the Tower of London, told the Observer: “There were supposed to be 79 examples of graffiti there, according to the historic survey. By the end of the survey that I conducted, there