A man who has unearthed ancient Saxon treasure during heritage digs has back a campaign to build a full size replica of the Sutton Hoo burial ship.
Thomas Lucking was a student at the University of East Anglia when he made his first discovery unearthing a pendant in Winfarthing, Norfolk dating back to AD630 and valued at £145,000.
In May, Mr Lucking struck gold again by digging up a 800-year-old brooch in Wymondham, Norfolk.
He is now lending his backing to the #makeshiphappen project in the hope of seeing her sail along the River Deben once again and said: "This is the biggest and most exciting experimental archaeology project we have ever had in Britain.
"By reconstructing the ship, we'll be able to learn so much more than we can from the original dig."
For more information, visit www.makeshiphappen.co.uk
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