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Oldest shipwreck's pots may include a cheese or butter maker

The vessel features pottery with nine markings and two holes that researchers believe belonged to a dairy producer, according to the Culture and Tourism Minister; remarkably preserved after nearly 4,700 years.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's 11:40 Eastern, this is Finally, Some Good News, and the oldest shipwreck ever found underwater has a new detail.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne of its vessels has nine markings and two holes, and researchers think it may have made cheese or butter.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe ship was about ten metres long, and the Culture and Tourism Minister says the clay points to workshops in the Jordan Valley.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDairy, Gloria. The first cargo anyone ever lost at sea may have been a cheese run. I'm not crying, you're crying.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe BBC reports some pots still hold traces of what was inside.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTraces? So it stayed under the surface for four thousand seven hundred years. Gloria, does that count?

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt counts. No cheese has ever aged that long and been worth opening.

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