Emperor Kublai Khan of Mongolia’s shipwrecks of 1281 are some of the oldest in history. With four boats that sank in the waters off Takashima Island (near Nagasaki), the wrecks were the result of a failed invasion of Japan.

The Dokos shipwreck is the oldest underwater shipwreck discovery known to archeologists. [1] The wreck has been dated to the second Proto-Helladic period, 2700–2200 BC. [2]

Oct 23, 2018 · The 23m (75ft) wreck, found in the Black Sea by an Anglo-Bulgarian team, is being hailed as officially the world's oldest known intact shipwreck. The researchers were stunned to find the...

Jun 21, 2024 · More than three millennia ago, a sinking merchant vessel settled about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea. Its hundreds of storage jars, called Canaanite amphorae, spilled into...

Jan 6, 2025 · The oldest deep sea shipwreck, dating back over 2,400 years, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Greek trade and maritime practices. Its remarkable preservation has sparked new interest in underwater archaeology.

Apr 22, 2024 · Discovered on August 23, 1975, by American archaeologist Peter Throckmorton, the Dokos shipwreck is situated approximately 15–30 meters beneath the waves, near the island of Dokos, which lies about 100 kilometers east of Sparta, Peloponnese.

11 hours ago · 500-year-old shipwreck turns out to be oldest-of-its-kind find off Sweden. Take a look ... Archaeologists identified Wreck 5 as the oldest known example of a caravel-style ship in the Nordic ...

Sep 14, 2023 · The Uluburun is a 3,300-year-old shipwreck discovered off the coast of Uluburun (Grand Cape), near Kaş in south-western Turkey. It is among the oldest ships ever discovered and contained one of the wealthiest and largest known assemblages of Late Bronze Age items found in the Mediterranean.

3 days ago · Maritime archaeologists from the Museum of Wrecks (Vrak) in Stockholm have made a groundbreaking discovery off the coast of Sweden: a shipwreck that may be the oldest confirmed carvel-built ship in the Nordic region.Located beneath the waters of Landfjärden, south of Stockholm, this remarkable find, known as Wreck 5, is believed to date back to the 1480s, …

The oldest shipwreck in the world can be found off the Greek island of Dokos in the Aegean. Peter Throckmorton of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology first discovered the wreck on 23 August 1975.