World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey - 14/Oct/2026 | 3:47
Mark 1333 | 62.8K subscribers | 2,989 views | October 14, 2026
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World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey - 14/Oct/2026 | 3:47
Mark 1333 | 62.8K subscribers | 2,989 views | October 14, 2026
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The world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey, archaeologists say.
They have dated it to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old, which is the Early Bronze Age, and is around the same time that the Great Pyramid was being built.
The ship's wooden structure has not survived, but the ceramic storage pots it was carrying were lying on the sea floor and, remarkably, some still contain traces of what they held inside.
The archaeologists who found the ship say it was about 10m in length and was a trade vessel carrying cargo across the Mediterranean Sea.
"The shipwreck is a time capsule at the bottom of the sea," said Prof Hakan Öniz, from Akdeniz University in Turkey, who led the Mediterranean Archaeology Association expedition.
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Irrespective of the actual date of the wreck, the text *should* say, "oldest known". So don't write in, okay?
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Someone was having a sail...
Was ‘MAERSK’ written on the side?................
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Transcript4,000 years ago, the world's oldest shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Turkey. Archaeologists have dated it to the early Bronze Age, making it more than 4,000 years old. This is fascinating. No wood from the original ship remains, but its cargo of ceramic storage pods has survived. They offer historians clues about the vessel's original voyage. Here's our science editor, Rebecca Morell.Lying on the seafloor for thousands of years, a glimpse of the ancient world. These ceramic pots were the cargo of an early Bronze Age ship. The wood has long since been eaten away, but what remains is a window into our past. This is the earliest straight shipwreck in the world. We are able to date this shipwreck to about 4,700 years old to 4,400 years old. They are something like time capsules at the bottom of the sea.The wreck was discovered off Kokova Island in Turkey, close to the shore. Teams of divers had been exploring the waters there. The site is at a shallow depth. It lies just 30 m beneath the waves, with artifacts scattered across an underwater slope.
More than 30 ceramic storage pots called amphorae have been found and brought up to the surface. They're carefully cleaned and conserved. Their distinctive shape, with two handles, a ridge in the middle, and a flat base, is characteristic of this early Bronze Age period, and it's how the team has dated the wreck. Remarkably, the pots still carry a trace of what they once held inside.I started checking the interior, thinking, "Oh, maybe there are some residues here that we've missed." I looked inside and nearly fainted. I mean, really. It wasn't just like spots; it was quite a lot of this material that was still remaining. Having these residues tested will actually help us to see the sort of contents that may have been inside. It could be olive oil. It could be wine. It could be tree resins. There's any number of things that could have been in the jar.The ship was a trading vessel about 10 m long. It's thought to have sailed from the Mediterranean coast of the Middle East. It then headed towards Kekova Island, where it sank. But its final destination was either the ancient city of Troy in what's now northwestern Turkey or Crete.
As well as the ceramics, this large slab of stone with two holes is an anchor, one of three recovered. For long voyages, ships always carried at least one spare. Traveling by sea was fraught with danger. There are strong currents.After about 5,000 years, we are always thinking of the sailors and the person who carried the fora on their shoulders to the ship and the women who were waiting for their husbands, and they unfortunately couldn't go back.These Bronze Age artifacts will now be carefully studied to find out what else can be learned from this treasure trove of the ancient world. Rebecca Morell, BBC News.We're getting all kinds of glimpses this morning of things we don't normally see. I know. It's great, isn't it? It is. It's great sitting here. Really enjoying this program with you. Yeah. It's going to be half seven.
Two anchors and it STILL sunk. Bummer.
Wonder what they might’ve taken to Troy?
😁 That would be difficult to explain.
Flintstones ?
Anchors don’t keep you from sinking, although I’m being more literal, they just keep you from drifting when you don’t want to.
Whatever the ropes were made from at the time, it is possible they didn’t hold up to water over extended periods without degrading, so I would imagine that they had many ropes as well as the extra anchor.
No but it showed they were cautious sailors. I’m thinking big storm.
Neighbor’s 1942 wooden Chris Craft went down to the bottom of the lake at his dock this summer. Forgot to change out his prop shaft seals! And he’s not a rookie. Two year restoration in progress.
Did they change the oar seals on those Med trade ships?
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Some bossy Greek gal, claimed to be Queen of Sparta.
Well, they are a page right out of history...
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