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World’s oldest shipwreck discovered off Turkey with nearly 4,700-year-old pottery

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.

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