A team of people who study old things found the world’s oldest known shipwreck. They found it near Kekova Island in Antalya, Turkey. The ship is about 4,400 to 4,700 years old. It comes from the Early Bronze Age, when people were also building the Great Pyramid in Egypt.

The wooden parts of the ship are gone. But the team found three large stone anchors and more than 30 large clay pots under the sea. The ship was about 10 metres long and carried goods across the Mediterranean Sea. Prof Hakan Öniz from Akdeniz University led the team. They studied the shape of the pots to find the age of the ship.

Some pots still had a thick material inside. Dr Karin Sowada from Macquarie University studied them. She said they may have held olive oil, wine, or material from trees. The team will now test this material. They think the ship may have carried goods to Troy in Turkey or to Crete. The find can help people learn more about ships and trade thousands of years ago.