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Archaeologists report world's oldest known shipwreck off Turkey

Archaeologists say a shipwreck found off Turkey's coast is the oldest known in the world, dating to the Early Bronze Age.

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Archaeologists say they have found the world's oldest known shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. BBC News and CBS News report it is up to 4,700 years old.

CBS News says archaeologists in Turkey dated the wreck to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old. BBC News says it dates to the Early Bronze Age. Al Jazeera describes it as nearly 5,000 years old.

Al Jazeera also reports that clay analysis of recovered storage jars traced them to early workshops operating across the Jordan Valley.

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  1. BBC NewsWorld's oldest shipwreck found off coast of TurkeyWed, Oct 14, 1:00 AM EDT
  2. CBS News​World's oldest shipwreck found off Turkey's coast, archaeologists sayWed, Oct 14, 1:44 PM EDT
  3. Al JazeeraWorld’s oldest known shipwreck found in TurkiyeWed, Oct 14, 3:17 PM EDT
  4. Al JazeeraWorld’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of TurkiyeWed, Oct 14, 4:33 PM EDT

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