{"id":2381,"date":"2018-10-26T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenationalherald.com\/217474\/scientists-discover-a-greek-trading-vessel-the-oldest-intact-shipweck\/"},"modified":"2018-10-25T11:05:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T08:05:20","slug":"scientists-discover-a-greek-trading-vessel-the-oldest-intact-shipweck-the-national-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greekislandyachtholiday.com\/scientists-discover-a-greek-trading-vessel-the-oldest-intact-shipweck-the-national-herald\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Greek Trading Vessel, the Oldest Intact Shipweck – The National Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LONDON (AP) \u2014 A team of maritime archaeologists, scientists and surveyors has discovered what it believes to be the world\u2019s oldest intact shipwreck \u2014 a Greek trading vessel whose design had previously been seen only on ancient pottery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Black Sea Maritime Archaeology project says it found the wreck off the Bulgarian coast at a depth of 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) in oxygen-free conditions that preserved its components. The group says the vessel has been carbon dated to more than 2,400 years ago.<\/p>\n

The project has spent three years surveying the area using technology previously available largely to oil companies. It discovered some 60 shipwrecks, including a 17th century Cossack raiding fleet and Roman trading vessels carrying amphorae.<\/p>\n

A documentary on the project will open Tuesday at the British Museum.<\/p>\n