World’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey

0 views
0%

World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey

The world’s oldest shipwreck has been found off the coast of Turkey.

[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe]

Archeologists have dated it back to the Early Bronze Age making it nearly 5,000 years old. The ship was about 10 metres in length and a trading vessel carrying cargo across the Mediterranean.

——-

Get more news at our site – https://www.channel4.com/news/

Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe

Follow us:
TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/
Twitter – https://twitter.com/Channel4News
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/

Date: October 14, 2026