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

Detailed explanation-2: -Off the coast of Bulgaria, more than a mile beneath the surface of the Black Sea, a team of maritime archaeologists, scientists and surveyors has discovered what could be the world’s oldest intact shipwreck – a 75-foot-long Greek trading vessel carbon-dated to more than 2, 400 years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -The discovery of the ancient Greek shipwreck “Odysseus, ” thought to be the oldest of its kind ever found, at the bottom of the Black Sea could change our understanding of shipbuilding and seafaring in the ancient world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oldest intact shipwreck ever found has been discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea. The 75ft Greek trading vessel was found lying whole with its mast, rudders and rowing benches after more than 2, 400 years. It was found in a well known ‘shipwreck graveyard’ that has already revealed over 60 other vessels.

Detailed explanation-5: -Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship HMS Endurance was rediscovered in 2022 more than 100 years after it sank in the depths of the Antarctic Ocean in 1915. Even more remarkably, it was found in fairly good condition!