Henry VIII Doomed Warship In 3D Online

British archaeologists recently published detailed 3D models of the skulls and artefacts that were found on board the infamous Henry VIII's warship as an experiment designed to share knowledge and major historical finds. One of the said artefacts include a reproduced skull in an interactive model that was said to have belonged to a carpenter on board Mary Rose, the flagship navy from England when it sank in 1545 with a heartbroken king watching from shore.

They spent 437 years under the sea - now 10 skulls from the Mary Rose are on the internet in 3D. Video by @Vic_Gill pic.twitter.com/a1uOvdbOkM

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The details on the website said that the abscess in the upper jaw of the man meant that he could only chew on the right side, adding that "he also had arthritis in his spine, ribs and left clavicle and a lesion across his right eyebrow which may be the result of an old wound." Among the relics found included carpenters' tools that, according to Yahoo! are also available for other fellow archeologists and scientists to study on the website.

Known as photogrammetry, the technique uses high-res 2D photographs to produce the detailed 3D models, enabling researchers around the world to join in the project and study virtual 3D reconstructions of history. Professor Catherine Fletcher said that once the technology is fully developed, it can be applied to other historic objects which could bring a wider community to study the artefacts, at the same time preventing damage to the original remains.

The unveiled scans coincided with the British Science Festival, where some of the virtual objects were made public. The idea, according to BBC, is to see how much there is to learn about the lives of the crew, not just their bones. Richard Johnston, a Swansea Univeristy material engineer said that they project could test the scientific value of digital archaeology in a world of burgeoning cyber artefacts.

"Lots of museums are digitizing collections, and a lot of the drive behind that is creating a digital copy of something," Dr Johnston said in a press briefing. "We're going to challenge the research community to see if they can actually do osteological analysis." He also added that the results taken by others from around the world could be compared to a study where people looked at the actual remains, as well.

Check out the public website at virtualtudors.org to learn more about what happened to the Mary Rose and the rest King Henry VIII's crew.