4,000-year-old shipwreck found in the Mediterranean

A shipwreck found in the Mediterranean Sea which dates back 4,000 years is being hailed as one of the oldest shipwrecks in the world.

Urla Port is one of Turkey’s rare underwater excavation sites. Professor Hayat Erkanal, the head of Limantepe excavations for the underwater ancient city of Klozemenai and director of ANKÜSAM, said the port dates back to the seventh century B.C. Klozemenai, he explained, was a coastal town, making it the home of many sunken ships from different eras. An earthquake in the eighth century left the city underwater.

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