Hand-sewn 3,000-year boat saved from oblivion in Croatia

Underwater archaeologists of the Archaeological Museum of Istria hold and clean a section of a prehistoric boat - the 'Zambratija'. It is a 3,000-year old hand-sewn boat, the oldest found in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: AFP

The oldest entirely hand-sewn boat in the Mediterranean is preparing for its next journey, after having sat undisturbed on Croatia's Adriatic seafloor for millennia.

But this time the vessel - whose planks were actually sewn together - will travel by land to France for conservation.