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Oldest shipwreck ever found underwater lies off Turkey
The wreck, about ten metres long, is being excavated by Antalya Museum after Akdeniz University surveys; its jars resemble ones found at the Giza pyramids.
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At a glance
- First reported by El Cronista: “Archaeologists say they found the oldest ship ever discovered underwater: some of its jars still hold what they carried 4700 years ago”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:16 PM ET on No Bull with Hank, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Turkey.
- BBN covered this story before: Ex-Coach Critiques Heat Roster; Oldest Shipwreck Found in Turkey (October 16).
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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorArchaeologists say they found the oldest shipwreck ever discovered underwater, about thirty metres down off Kekova Island in Turkey, and it's roughly four thousand seven hundred years old.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number two. Divers found more than thirty jars and three stone anchors, and the ministry believes the jars carried olive oil or wine.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSome still hold a hardened black residue nobody has identified yet.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTalking point number three. The divers only got thirty minutes per dive, and I've got to tell you, that really bothers me.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThirty minutes. Think about that.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThis ship sat there through every empire you've ever heard of, and the first visitors get a time limit like it's a parking meter.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe lead archaeologist called it a time capsule, and fine, but nobody puts a time capsule on a meter. Really?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour thousand seven hundred years on the bottom, and somebody still wants the spot back in thirty minutes.
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