‘Like opening the Ark of the Covenant’ – combination lock from shipwreck cracked after 400 years using CT scan
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A combination lock from a 400 year old shipwreck was opened using a CT scan. The device had been washed up on a beach. A Welsh metal detectorist first found the object in 1999. Experts compared the process of unlocking it to opening the Ark of the Covenant.
Welsh metal detectorist discovered device washed up on beach in 1999