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Archaeologists discover 4,400-year-old shipwreck off Turkey's coast
The wreck lies off Turkey's coast and is among the oldest ships of its kind discovered; the crew, sadly, could not be reached for comment.

At a glance
- First reported by kvrr.com: “Archaeologists discover 4,400-year-old shipwreck off Turkey's coast”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 8:10 PM ET on The Pile-On, by Dale Bearman, Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: Turkey.
- BBN covered this story before: Kantadon's video about making friends with locals in Turkey goes viral (October 14).
The real story
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorArchaeologists have found a shipwreck off the coast of Turkey that they say is four thousand four hundred years old.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFour thousand years on the bottom and nobody has called a hearing. I say the captain left late, and I say it with total certainty.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDale, the crew has no names, no logbook and no surviving witnesses. You are accusing a ghost of tardiness.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLet me finish. Every ship that sinks was running behind, and the ocean is just the world's slowest consequence.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the captain is guilty, and the cargo is the alibi.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe cargo is always the alibi. Somebody packed that boat in a rush and then blamed the weather, just like a modern airline.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have sat through hearings on ships from this century with living captains, and none of them ended this cleanly.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCleanly how?

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNobody sues, nobody resigns, and the only thing that surfaces after four thousand years is the pottery.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen I am making the call. This wreck is cut from the final sixteen of history, effective immediately.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt has been cut for four thousand years, Dale. It is the longest benching on record. Brock, what does the sky have in store tonight?
The story so far
- GMC Sierra grille deflectors probed; gravy recalled over mustard · autoevolution
- Travel video captures moment of making friends with locals in Turkey · YouTube (Kantadon)
- Trump warns Houthis after deadly Saudi Arabia attacks · New York Post
- World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey · BBC
- Turkey Raids Pro-Opposition TV Station · The New York Times
- Kantadon's video about making friends with locals in Turkey goes viral · YouTube (Kantadon)
- Archaeologists discover 4,400-year-old shipwreck off Turkey's coast (this story)
From the archive: everything BBN aired on Thursday, October 15, 2026 · the U.S. archive · all months

