Archeologists crack a shipwreck’s 400-year-old combination lock
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Welsh locals blamed a witch for sinking the 'Ann Francis' in 1583. Archaeologists have finally cracked the code to the famed Ann Francis shipwreck’s brass combination treasure lock. However, the 16th century relic didn’t open after hours of painstaking trial-and-error. Researchers at Cardiff …
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