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Reassembling a 15th-century ship: "The world's largest 3-D puzzle"

Name: Reassembling a 15th-century ship: "The world's largest 3-D puzzle"
Uploaded: 2023-01-21T08:30:10-0500
Duration: 3 min 33 s
Description: The remains of a British ship that set sail years before Columbus were discovered two decades ago in a south Wales riverbank. After 20 years of painstaking restoration, archaeologists have started to reassemble the 15th-century wreck. With almost 2,500 pieces, it has been called the world's largest 3D puzzle. The BBC's Tomos Morgan has the story on the Newport Ship Conservation Project.

The remains of a British ship that set sail years before Columbus were discovered two decades ago in a south Wales riverbank. After 20 years of painstaking restoration, archaeologists have started to reassemble the 15th-century wreck. With almost 2,500 pieces, it has been called the world's largest 3D puzzle. The BBC's Tomos Morgan has the story on the Newport Ship Conservation Project.