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Archaeologists have found the world’s oldest-known shipwreck off the coast of Turkey, dating the Early Bronze Age vessel to between 4,400 and 4,700 years ago.
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Archaeologists → find → vessel
The ship, built around the same time as the Great Pyramid, was likely a trade vessel carrying cargo across the Mediterranean Sea, researchers from the Mediterranean Archaeology Association said.
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researchers → build → Association
While the wooden structure of the ship was gone, archaeologists dated the ceramic storage vessels and stone anchors found in the wreck off Kekova Island to 2600-2400 BC, making it the oldest shipwreck in the world.
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it → go → world
It takes the title from the Dokos shipwreck in the Aegean Sea which dates to around 2200 BC.
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which → take → BC
The shipwreck was discovered during excavations led by underwater archaeologist Hakan Öniz from Akdeniz University in Antalya.
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shipwreck → discover → Antalya
“Akdeniz University conducted a study of the Kekova region in the Demre district of Antalya, during which a shipwreck carrying Early Bronze Age amphorae was documented,” archaeologists noted in a study detailing the discovery in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology.
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archaeologists → conduct → Archaeology
Some of these amphorae, which are large double-handled pottery vessels, are similar to Early Bronze Age pottery from the Levant, which includes modern-day Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Palestine.
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The ceramic vessels were found scattered across a partly sandy and partly rocky seabed at a depth of about 30m.
One vessel seemed similar to containers used for transporting agricultural products like wine and olive oil during the Bronze Age.
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vessel → find → Age
“The upper part of this amphora features two parallel lines made with a pointed tool, as well as a zigzag pattern in the middle,” archaeologists wrote.
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archaeologists → feature → middle
Researchers also found two three-holed stone anchors and a single-holed anchor around the wreck, similar to those found at other Bronze Age sites.
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“The three-holed stone anchors found in the wreck area resemble those seen in Bronze Age Minoan, Cypriot, Anatolian, Levantine contexts,” they stated, “while the single-holed stone anchor resembles those seen on the Bronze Age Anatolian and Levantine coasts
It was unclear if the anchors were indeed part of the ship, but they could shed more light on anchoring technology in use in the region during the Bronze Age.
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“Current information suggests that the shipwreck is from a small vessel that sank while sailing east to west during the Early Bronze Age,” the study noted.
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