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Ancient jars discovered off Turkey could reveal a lost chapter of Mediterranean trade nearly 5,000 years ago.
Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known shipwreck off the coast of Kekova Island in Antalya, Turkey. The Early Bronze Age vessel dates back 4,400 to 4,700 years and was around 10 metres long, carrying more than 30 ceramic storage pots, known as amphorae, across the Mediterranean Sea.
The ship sank off the coast of Turkey around the time Egypt’s first pyramids were being built. Its wood is gone, but its cargo survived.