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Archaeologists in Türkiye may have found the world's oldest shipwreck

Archaeologists in Türkiye say the vessel could be the oldest wreck ever found, though the age is not yet confirmed; the boat is not available for comment.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Türkiye, archaeologists say they may have found the oldest shipwreck ever discovered, a vessel that went down long before anyone thought to write down why.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it's the first boat ever lost. Somebody had to be the first guy to go, you left it right here and it's gone.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe word in the reports is 'may,' Kenji.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe team has not confirmed the age, and they would like the wreck to stay put until they do.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs there footage? Because if nobody filmed the sinking, I need to know who's out here claiming it's the oldest.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThere was no footage, because there was no camera, no paper and no alphabet. I have covered shorter coastlines with more documentation.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNo alphabet. So the first complaint was just a guy pointing at the water.

  8. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd the first insurance adjuster pointing at a different part of the water, saying it wasn't covered. I know that man.

  9. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHe still works in Geneva.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay, but who's the captain? Somebody's got to be the oldest captain.

  11. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorUnknown. But the oldest excuse is almost certainly still in use: the water looked perfectly fine when we left.

  12. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDoes the wreck have a star rating yet?

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFive thousand years of one-star reviews, and every one of them is from the bottom. Rex, what has the gridiron sunk this time?

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The story so far

  1. World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkiye · Al Jazeera
  2. World's oldest known shipwreck may have been found off Türkiye · CGTN
  3. Archaeologists in Türkiye may have found the world's oldest shipwreck (this story)

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