if you're a history buff then you need to know about the Titanic's big piece on August 10th 1998 a nearly 20ton section of the Titanic known as the big piece was finally raised after a 2-year effort by RMS Titanic Inc first discovered in 1985 during Robert Ballard's Expedition this colossal piece was initially attempted to be recovered in 1996 but was thwarted by bad weather fast forward to 1998 and the big piece triumphantly emerged from the depths weighing an astonishing 20 tons at after extensive conservation and being split into two parts for transportation it was displayed at various locations today it stands as a center piece at Titanic the artifact Exhibition at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas drawing millions of visitors this massive Relic offers a direct connection to the historic ship letting us touch a fragment of the past so next time you think of the Titanic Remember The Incredible Journey of the big piece history isn't just in books sometimes it's raised from the ocean floor