**Archaeologists May Have Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Shipwreck**
By Karin Sowada, Macquarie University - Published on 24 October 2026
Jars from what may be the world’s oldest shipwreck still hold visible residues, offering a chance to identify what Mediterranean traders carried around 4,500 years ago. A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship itself but based on [...]
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