Ancient Greek ship ready to be rebuilt
THE MOST complete ancient Greek ship ever found is ready to be rebuilt in Portsmouth.
The timbers of the 2,500-year-old Greek trading vessel have arrived at the Mary Rose Centre for what is expected to be a 10-year programme of preservation and reconstruction.
It will be painstakingly pieced back together by marine archaeologists to restore the 60ft-long ship to its former glory.
After being discovered in silt off the coast of Sicily, the 700 sodden timbers were submerged in water-soluble wax for four years, in a process similar to that used to conserve the hull of the Mary Rose.
They were then freeze-dried in a huge vacuum chamber and are now ready to be reassembled.
Archaeologists believe the craft was heading for Gela, then a Greek colony, when it was caught in a storm and sank with its cargo.
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