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4,700-year-old shipwreck off Turkey's coast is oldest discovered to date

Reuters

15 October 2026 at 21:42:08


Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest known shipwreck near Kekova Island in Antalya, southern Türkiye, dating back approximately 4,400 to 4,700 years to the Early Bronze Age, around the time the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built.

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