Black Sea MAP

World’s Oldest Shipwreck Found Intact in the Black Sea

The British-led Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project (Black Sea MAP) claims to have found the world’s oldest intact wreck, an ancient Greek sailing vessel that was radiocarbon dated back to 400 BC, making the shipwreck over 2,400 years old. The wooden hull is quite well preserved because it had been lying below the surface of the Black Sea about 2…