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minus-squareWhelks_chance@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 days agoThe Mary Rose in Portsmouth, UK is kept in a giant container and sprayed with sea water to maintain the same conditions as when it was under the Solent. They raised it after a comparable amount of time underwater. Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose Apparently they dried it out in a controlled way between 2013-2016, but it was sprayed with water and then special chemicals for a while.
minus-squareKryptonBlur@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoOh nice I didn’t realised they’d gotten rid of the glass container now, I might have to go see it again
The Mary Rose in Portsmouth, UK is kept in a giant container and sprayed with sea water to maintain the same conditions as when it was under the Solent. They raised it after a comparable amount of time underwater.
Edit:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose
Apparently they dried it out in a controlled way between 2013-2016, but it was sprayed with water and then special chemicals for a while.
Oh nice I didn’t realised they’d gotten rid of the glass container now, I might have to go see it again