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The divers worked underwater to carefully excavate the artefacts. Photo: Hakan Öniz

World's oldest shipwreck? Archaeologists discover 4,700-year-old vessel off Turkey

The discovery surpasses the previous record holder, a wreck estimated to be about 4,200 years old off Dokos Island in Greece.

Migrant survivors stand on the dock after a shipwreck on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Italy, August 13, 2025. Photo: Reuters

At least 26 die in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa island

Workers transport goods to cargo vessels anchored along the riverbanks at the Noapara River Port in Abhaynagar, Jashore, instead of using the main channel. This growing practice, driven by inexperienced shipmasters, has raised concerns due to poor navigability, a narrow channel, and other safety hazards, making it an increasingly risky operation. Photo: TBS

Noapara port faces severe navigability issues amid rise in shipwrecks

Emergency services carry a body bag after a sailboat sank in the early hours of Monday, off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 19, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Igor Petyx

British entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily

The ship was salvaged near Dangarchar Ghat at Chittagong Port following an extensive eight-month recovery operation. Photo: TBS

British-era shipwreck found in Ctg Port, artefacts recovered

This handout image provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on 20 June 2024 shows a robot from London-listed energy firm Energean which operates off Israel, retrieving a jar as part of the discovery of artefacts in a wreck more than a mile deep on the bed of the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: AFP

Israel says 3,000-year-old shipwreck found off north coast

FILE PHOTO: Migrants on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms Uno rescue boat looks at boat Guardia Costiera heading to Lampedusa island, in central Mediterranean Sea, close to Lampedusa island, Italy, August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean

FILE PHOTO: Migrants on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms Uno rescue boat looks at boat Guardia Costiera heading to Lampedusa island, in central Mediterranean Sea, close to Lampedusa island, Italy, August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo

Two dead, 57 rescued from migrant shipwrecks off Italy's Lampedusa

Photo: Collected

Greek migrant tragedy death toll rises, suspects detained

A undated handout photo provided by the Hellenic Coast Guard shows migrants onboard a boat during a rescue operation, before their boat capsized on the open sea, off Greece, June 14, 2023. Hellenic Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

Greece boat disaster: At least 104 rescued, hundreds still missing

A undated handout photo provided by the Hellenic Coast Guard shows migrants onboard a boat during a rescue operation, before their boat capsized on the open sea, off Greece, June 14, 2023. Hellenic Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

At least 79 drown, hundreds missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Photo: Magellan

Lost necklace found in Titanic wreckage 111 years later

A boat in distress with about 400 people on board is pictured in Central Mediterranean Sea in this handout obtained by Reuters on April 10, 2023. File Photo: Giacomo Zorzi/ Sea-Watch/Handout via REUTERS

Tunisian coast guard retrieves 31 bodies of migrants from sea