An AHRC funded project, using the latest 3D scanning technology to recreate the tombs of Tudor aristocrat, was discussed on Radio 4’s Today Programme.

The project team led by art historian Dr Philip Lindley from the University of Leicester, academics from Oxford and Yale and  scientists from the Space Research Centre in Leicester, are using the latest technologies, more often used to scan moon rocks,  to scan 16th-century tombs.

The tombs were originally sited at Thetford Priory, the traditional resting place of the Howards, but were moved to the parish church in Framlingham and reassembled, although fragments of the original tombs have been rediscovered in a warehouse by the English Heritage. Dr Lindley is hoping to understand how the tombs were reassembled, and to relate what happened to the monuments to what happened to such a powerful family during Henry VIII’s reign.

Listen to Dr Philip Lindley discussing his project on the Today Programme (links to external website).

The project is also featured on the BBC News site (links to external website).