Guinness Recognises Kekova Wreck off Türkiye as World’s Oldest Shipwreck
Guinness World Records has recognised a Bronze Age wreck near Kekova Island, off Antalya on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast, as the world’s oldest known shipwreck. The small trading vessel, about 4,400 to 4,700 years old, carried amphorae and stone anchors when it sank.


