World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered far down in the Black Sea
Source: NBC News
What scientists describe as the world's 'oldest intact shipwreck' was found by an Anglo-Bulgarian expedition at the bottom of the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria.Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project / via EPA
With help from some of the world's most advanced deep-diving submersibles, maritime scientists have discovered what they say is the world's oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea.
Radiocarbon dating shows that the wooden vessel dates to 400 B.C., around the time the Greeks invented the catapult and North America's Olmec culture was dying out. It was found off the coast of Bulgaria in late 2017 after lying undisturbed on the seafloor for more than 2,400 years.
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