Intricate Tudor Tombs Destroyed During Henry Viii’s Disolution of the Monastaries Are ‘Rebuilt’ With 3D Space Technology
10th September 2013
Technology used to understand distant planets has helped reconstruct two ornate Tudor tombs that were destroyed during King Henry VIII’s anti-Catholic offensive.
The tombs were commissioned by Thomas Howard, the third Duke of Norfolk, in the 16th century for Thetford Priory in Norfolk and when the priory was dissolved in 1540, some parts of the tombs were salvaged while others were abandoned in the ruins until they were excavated in the 1930s.