2,400yo Greek ship found intact at bottom of Black Sea

  • 24/10/2018
2,400yo Greek ship found intact at bottom of Black Sea
Photo credit: Black Sea MAP/EEF Expeditions

A Greek merchant ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found intact at the bottom of the Black Sea.

It's being hailed as the world's officially oldest intact shipwreck.

The 23 metre long vessel still possesses its  rudder and rowing benches, while the remains of the hold are also still intact.

A lack of oxygen in the water allows the ship to stay in such good shape for so long, and at 2,000 metres below the surface it is too far for modern divers to reach.

The ship's cargo remains unknown, with the group of Anglo-Bulgarian explorers hoping to secure more funding to delve deeper, and uncover more information.

The team hope to go back down and extract items from the cargo hold to learn more about the ship's history.

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