For several weeks, museum conservators painstakingly pieced together what they're calling an "ancient jigsaw puzzle." The second-century brass armor was shattered into dozens of pieces and ...

Museum conservators have finally pieced together the “ancient jigsaw puzzle,” reconstructing what is now a full piece of “exceptionally rare” Roman armor known as an arm guard, officials said.

Museum conservators have finally pieced together the “ancient jigsaw puzzle,” reconstructing what is now a full piece of “exceptionally rare” Roman armor known as an arm guard, officials said.

Museum conservators have finally pieced together the “ancient jigsaw puzzle,” reconstructing what is now a full piece of “exceptionally rare” Roman armor known as an arm guard, officials said.

From Roman "fish scale" armor to Japanese samurai suits, ... The armor is now part of the collection at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Museum conservators have finally pieced together the “ancient jigsaw puzzle,” reconstructing what is now a full piece of “exceptionally rare” Roman armor known as an arm guard, officials said.

Detail of a Roman legionary's articulated cuirass armor, on view at "Legion: Life in the Roman Army" at the British Museum. Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images.