Archaeologists say 4,700-year-old wreck off Turkey is world's oldest
According to archaeologists, a shipwreck found off Kekova Island in Turkey is the world's oldest known shipwreck. BBC They say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old.
They date the site off Kekova Island to the Early Bronze Age. For that wreck in Turkey, archaeologists have given an age of between 4,400 and 4,700 years.
Researchers found multiple ceramic pots known as amphorae, the clay storage jars of antiquity, at the ancient shipwreck near Turkey. People Similar jars have figured in other ancient wreck discoveries reported by The New York Times.
The newspaper published a science article about an ancient Bronze Age shipwreck. In that account, the remains were described as the oldest shipwreck ever discovered in deep water. Two clay jars found with that wreck were identified as Canaanite amphorae. The New York Times
The newspaper had also published an article titled “The Black Sea Yields a Ship From Greece in Its Glory Days.” In that account, the vessel was described as laden with amphoras, the clay storage jars of antiquity. The report said the vessel apparently sank in about the fourth century B.C. The New York Times
The deep-water description applied to the Bronze Age wreck described in 2024, while the latest assessment calls the Turkish site the world's oldest known shipwreck. Together, the Turkish find and the Black Sea account span from the Early Bronze Age to about the fourth century B.C.
