World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off coast of Turkey
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- Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age.
- Archaeologists said that they had found jars from a shipwreck as much as 4,700 years old. Outside experts were skeptical but intrigued, especially by the black residue in the jars.
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- The world’s oldest known shipwreck has been discovered off Turkiye’s coast, dating back nearly 5,000 years.
- Clay analysis traces recovered storage jars to early history workshops operating across the Jordan Valley.
- The wreck was found with relatively intact cargo on the seabed off the coast of Türkiye and is believed to be between 4,400 and 4,700 years old
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- A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There's little left of the ship itself, but based on clues from its cargo—including pottery vessels—a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 B.C.