Having sunk to the bottom of the sea when the pyramids were being built, its treasures could have been lost to the sands of time.
But a wave of luck has swept over archeologists after they discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest known shipwreck off Turkey’s coast – dating back an astonishing 4,700 years.
The vessel was found near Kekova Island in Antalya and is thought to have sunk between 2600 BC and 2400 BC, around the same time the Great Pyramid of Giza was being built.
Although the ship’s wooden hull has long since decayed, divers uncovered a cargo of
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