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World's oldest intact shipwreck

A Greek merchant ship over 2,400 years old has been found off the Bulgarian coast

A Greek merchant ship thought to be over 2,400 years old has been found off the Bulgarian coast by Anglo-Bulgarian scientists. Dr Helen Farr, marine archaeologist and one of the leaders of the expeditionary team, says it "looks identical" to a ship painted on the Siren Vase in the British Museum.

(Image: shipwreck, credit: Black Sea Map/EEF Expeditions)

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