The Greek legend of Jason and the Argonauts is an epic tale of a voyage in search for the Golden Fleece. Now, more than three thousand years later, shipbuilders in the Greek port of Volos have recreated Jason’s mythical vessel, piecing together images from ancient vase paintings and wall frescos to design the ship.
What took Jason and his 50 Argonauts three months to build in the 14th century BC took three Greek shipbuilders more than three years, as they abandoned electric tools to build it in the ancient style. The Argo was built by bending whole trees into the hull, with wooden pegs used to hold it together instead of nails.