Science·Al Jazeera·13h agoTurkiye
4,700-Year-Old Shipwreck Found Off Turkiye
Jars reveal Bronze Age trade across Mediterranean
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Underwater excavations near Kekova Island in Turkiye's Antalya province uncovered ceramic jars dating back 4,700 years to the Early Bronze Age, which Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy called evidence of the world's oldest shipwreck.
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shipwreckarchaeologyBronze AgeTurkiyemaritime trade
