A New Contender for the World's Oldest Shipwreck Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of Turkey. Its Ancient Cargo Is a 'Time Capsule' From 4,700 Years Ago - Smithsonian Magazine

(Screengrab from footage shared on social media)Apple's iPhone 18 smartphones are being advertised in Tehran at unusually low prices as “war booty”, with sellers claiming the devices were recovered from a cargo ship that sank near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran International reported on Saturday. The advertisements surfaced after a container ship reportedly sank near the strategic waterway on October 13. Videos circulating on social media purportedly showed shipping containers floating in the sea, with iPhones and expensive perfumes scattered in the water as people aboard small boats collected the goods. According to a report by Ynet News, footage circulated by media outlets across the Arab world on Thursday evening showed people retrieving objects from the water. One boat appeared to be carrying boxes of iPhones, with one report claiming that the devices were Apple's latest iPhone 18 models. The identities of those seen collecting the goods remain unclear. There has been no official confirmation of the incident. Iran's cyber police have warned prospective buyers against paying deposits or advance fees before inspecting the products and verifying sellers' identities.

Skip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpMenuCBC GemCBC ListenSearchQuick LinksNewsSportsRadioMusicListen LiveTVWatchnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesDisability LifeGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaVideoWorld's oldest shipwreck found off Turkey | The Moment | CBC.ca LoadedWorld's oldest shipwreck found off Turkey | The MomentOctober 16|Duration 1:10October 16NewsDuration 1:10closed captionHakan Oniz, a professor at Turkey's Akdeniz University, tells The National about the moment he and his team stumbled upon the world's oldest known shipwreck near Kekova Island, off the coast of southern Turkey. Related StoriesIndonesian divers recover 3 bodies from capsized ferry as salvage operation beginsChildren among at least 139 dead after migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti coastA swordfish was found on Haida Gwaii. Will more follow? A feather found in dino poop, and more...

Culture Minister Ersoy said it sheds light on ancient maritime trade in the eastern Mediterranean. Turkiye’s Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said the country unearthed ancient treasures from what he called “the world’s oldest shipwreck”. Underwater excavations near Kekova Island in the southern Antalya province uncovered ceramic storage jars dating back 4,700 years to the Early Bronze Age, Ersoy announced in a post on X on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Egyptologists uncover ‘lost golden city’ buried under the sandslist 2 of 4Mud mosque dating back to the Umayyad era discovered in Iraqlist 3 of 4Twenty years after the US invasion, where are Iraq’s antiquities?list 4 of 4Spanish police seize ancient jewelry worth $64m taken from Ukraineend of listWhile the vessel’s wooden hull did not survive, archaeologists recovered the ancient storage jars following an underwater excavation project launched earlier this year. The jars, believed to have transported olive oil or wine, provide concrete evidence of early maritime trade and cultural exchange across the eastern Mediterranean, according to the ministry.

A shipwreck off the coast of Turkey is the oldest shipwreck in the world, our team of archaeologists believes. There’s little left of the ship itself but based on clues from its cargo – including pottery vessels – a research team I was part of has tentatively dated the wreck to around 2700–2400 BCE.