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The World’s Oldest Shipwreck? Maybe, but ‘We’re All Excited by Maybe.’

Published by New York Times World By Alan Yuhas · 16 October 2026 at 23:49
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Archaeologists said that they had found jars from a shipwreck as much as 4,700 years old, with black residue inside. Outside experts were skeptical but intrigued.

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