World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered

The world's oldest intact shipwreck has been discovered in the Black Sea after the most technologically advanced search ever.
Carbon dated to 500 BC, the ship is among 72 found at the bottom of the sea and may have been depicted on an ancient vase.
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[@beekeeper7535]

It's amazing there's things on earth that still exist and haven't been touched for so long. Ship wrecks are time capsules.

[@leosypher9993]

Think of all the fossils that sit under the floor of some 70 or so percent of the earths surface, what ancient sea creatures lie in wait Now worse, how many fossils have been destroyed in the millions of years of the ocean floor slipping under fault lines?

[@sluttyboy69]

The ocean is a time capsule.

[@wavydavy9816]

A poop is also a time capsule, of sorts.

[@Thunderstruck666666]

Sure thing! I'll plunge into the depths and claim all that gold for myself, haha! 🏴‍☠

[@boazabramson8602]

PSA: The video of the divers around a ship is of a different shipwreck. It's not possible for divers to dive to that depth, plus there is also the fact that in the video they say that they used remotely operated vehicles to explore the shipwreck. The photo they showed without the divers is most likely the real one. Putting that video there most likely was to draw attention to the nature of the work they're doing in regards to many shipwrecks which they do dive to. While I haven't confirmed this, I do have a certification as an Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver. I don't think this degrades the discovery, I just think it would have been smart for these news agencies to mention that fact so they don't get accused of spreading fake news.

[@GRosa]

Exactly my thought (re them not mentioning that the footage with the divers is of a different shipwreck).

[@palaeolivic]

they did dive in that project for some of the other shorpwrcks, but indeed not that shipwreck correct.

[@searchorbmarketing3305]

Thanks for the clarification. I knew there was no way this was real.

[@jeffreylindsey1757]

Very true!

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Yes

[@Jpgundarun]

2000 meters down and there are Divers at the wreck? Did I miss something?

[@thejesuschrist]

looks like someone didn't have enough faith.

[@aidanmullins6085]

"Check again!" The ship rises from the dead with tons of fish

[@Ham.rigs07]

Hello Jesus 👋

[@ATRTAP]

This ancient shipwrecked vessel’s mast remaining upright underwater for 2,000 years is wild.

[@NealBones]

Damn good shipbuilding

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

They don't actually know how old it is, they are guessing, but aren't even sure what it is or from where it came.

[@SanAntonioSlim]

Pretty freakin' cool story. I want one of those 3D printed models homeboy was holding.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

An absolutely incredible find. How on earth did I not hear about this two years ago? I definitely want to go and see the museum exhibit for this.

[@moow950]

They can preserve this ship like they did with the Swedish VASA ship

[@scottfuller5194]

It is the oldest intact shipwreck YET discovered......others await their discovery......as technology marches on and man learns to use it to explore (not exploit) man will locate and be able to study other wrecks much older than the one shown here......!

[@nicholasdougherty7766]

So the deepest scuba dive was 1,066 feet. Yet this was 2km deep and there's video of people scuba diving at that depth. I don't understand.

[@themustafagoldenboy9008]

I thought they had the right equipment for scuba diving deeper than just 1km

[@GRosa]

The model shown by one of the archeologists is different from the one with the divers, so they're probably using footage from a different shipwreck that was accessible to them.

[@matthewgruba8040]

They probably just looked up the maximum depth of the Black Sea online, which is just over 2000m.

[@martintaper7997]

@Pete's Guitar Lessons TV And there they remain.

[@NRH111]

Its only 900m down not 2 km

[@whateveritwasitis]

Instead of meaningful and interesting pictures we get talk about how wonderful it is

[@chuckbrasch4575]

2000 meters, that's 6000 feet!---no way scuba divers go there!!!!

[@michaeltrumph121]

The video of the divers around a ship is of a different shipwreck.

[@jbrobertson6052]

Most of the shipwrecks that we have found around Vancouver island and in the Juan DeFuca straight are no where near that old or in that condition. When we were testing the very first ROV off of Victoria BC in the early 80s we found the remains of 2 old steam ships that no one knew that they were there. I would give damn near anything to be exploring in the Black Sea today. I wonder if any of those Research Vessels are hiring Marine Engineers

[@durango.j-onez]

Finishing up my marine engineering program at bcit next year, would love for an opportunity to work on research/exploration vessels one day!

[@WilliamKingsfield]

Dude I was thinking of something from 1700's but for 2400 years ago?? That's amazing

[@georgedobler7490]

Video is deceptive: divers can’t go anywhere near 2000 meters.

[@nonamenoname9322]

Imagine if we could be able to clone the trees the wood of that ship was made from. Somehow I feel like the wood might be damaged when they touch normal oxygenated air again.

[@babayaga6615]

The world record scuba dive depth is 332.35 meters, there is no scuba diving at 2000 meters. It's annoying when they use different footage for videos.

[@seshiara1]

2,000 meters is incorrect information. The dead sea at it's deepest is only 304 meters deep. The Greek ship is only 100 meters down.

[@stelviodelbrava6218]

No wonder the Black Sea keeps the hidden secrets of the European Civilizations. All countries around this sea are pure living history - the blue eye started from there, the oldest modern human remains have been found in Romania, the oldest European city Plodviv is in Bulgaria, then came the Greeks, the Romans, the Ottomans and so on. Black Sea and the Balkans are definitely the starting point of the European Civilization and the place from where culture has spread into Western Europe, thousands of years ago. That is simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. - Greetings from London!

[@nickadm8321]

emm Greeks were first roman second and the rest came much later

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

@@nickadm8321 Actually the Minoans came before the Greeks

[@roberthughes6922]

Why show divers when the actual wreck is way beyond the reach of divers and has to be accessed by rov

[@kman-mi7su]

Because its file footage and not the actual wreck. I hate it when they do that.2000 meters is impossible for a human to dive.

[@fabianol.arouche5871]

Fantastic! What impresses, despite being very old, is the state of conservation! Fell asleep with its secrets and mysteries!

[@welshpete12]

There has been a misunderstanding by certain people reporting this . This wrack was found at 23 m , or 75 feet . But it is know there are wrecks much deeper up to 2000 meters

[@qe2836]

edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/10/31/wwii-vessel-deepest-shipwreck-orig-vstan-bdk.cnn

[@storm.xorcosu1669]

How can the archaeologists be scuba diving at that depth?

[@GRosa]

It's not the same shipwreck.

[@learnprogramming123]

That clip was for representation purpose.

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Some guy in a FEMA camp fake.

[@paulgee8253]

2000 meters beneath the Black Sea is far too deep even for technical divers. Yet divers are diving it ? Maybe 200 meters ? Crazy deep enough.

[@billycode5144]

That's what I thought

[@amaritineenthusiast]

It's a different shipwreck in the video I think

[@michaeltrumph121]

The video of the divers around a ship is of a different shipwreck.

[@NorthernIrelandConflictVideos]

fascinating, the sea bed holds many untouched ships

[@TheMadisonHang]

@1:10, Gosh, like did they just make that 3d thing like yesterday? fast so fast

[@yourflight3648]

Well done and well founded decision to leave it there for future research

[@nynomadfjc3907]

It certainly is incredible how far humans have come in regards to technology

[@grahamnicholson6567]

Surely the Uluburun ship which was intact and from 1300bc is a thousand years earlier, I think your experts are somewhat hasty in their claim.

[@richardgoode5314]

Great find.

[@stephenwest6738]

great story. I just couldn't help thinking the story was being undersold when it kept being referred to as centuries old when it was actually millennia old. that ship is as ancient to Jesus as Christopher Columbus is to us. considering the perfect conditions necessary for a ship that old to remain like that, it may be a long, long time before we find another like this that's even in the same ballpark.

[@thebestkinds1g]

Yeah there's no way it's 2km.. It's not possible to scuba that deep, that's beyond hull crush depth for a submarine

[@latvinskyyy]

Dan W. Well they probely had very advanced gear to swim that deep

[@wynwilliams6977]

Most submarines though there is a specialist sub called then Trieste that can go over 10 km deep - it was a different wreck they where shown diving

[@ezon1844]

Amazing that the ship still exists. Amazing that the British still haven't attempted to "save/preserve" it.

[@TheMariepi3]

a curious fact: until about 30 years ago, all wooden fishing boats in the area of Spain near Gibraltar ritually drew an eye on each side of the forward part of the boat. When the European Union gave money to destroy those ships and buy modern steel or polyester ones, all those ships, maybe 500 ships, with carved eyes on the front were destroyed.

[@michaeltrumph121]

The video of the divers around a ship is of a different shipwreck.

[@MortuusTyrannus]

Super interesting

[@bibekdas7449]

Thankfully they didn't destroy it!

[@deandresinclair]

That was very interesting and I have to say I'm impressed with the interesting thing is very abandoned

[@cat_city2009]

It's 2 km deep but there are normal scuba divers studying it? I thought humans couldn't survive at that depth.

[@meatpopsicle1567]

2,000 meters is 2 kilometers. Divers cannot go that deep. That's like a mile and a quarter down. That's deeper than the wreck of the Japanese battleship Yamato in the East China Sea or the Musashi in the Sibuyan Sea. Military attack submarines can't even dive that deep. The record for the deepest dive with scuba gear is 332 meters, set in 2014. At that depth, the pressure being exerted on the human body is 485 pounds per square inch or 33 bar. It took the diver fourteen hours to ascend, due to decompression. Why are we showing divers over a wreck that is supposed to be 2 kilometers down?

[@mbr0916]

The footage of the driver is from a different wreck than the actual find. It is misleading to put that footage in and I feel it would have been best to leave it out to avoid the confusion and misleading imagery.

[@simonframpton7090]

If only it could be brought up for a museum

[@redram5150]

It’s not 2km. I saw the documentary when this ship and two others were found. It’s less than 500 ft

[@nonormies2837]

1000 years has been added to the timeline

[@seshiara1]

Need to correct 2000m. The Dead Sea is only 304 m deep and the Greek ship is found only 1/3 of the way down.

[@ssherrierable]

Today they found a 3000 year old shipwreck

[@yasminbarry7941]

That's fascinating. Now.... Can someone explain why shipwrecks this old still exist at the bottom of the oceans around the world .... But the Titanic, which went down recently is (by all accounts) falling apart and will completely disappear in just a few years?

[@snowcreek7156]

6,500+ ft below the waves

[@raymondkarlsen9995]

What ship were they hunting from?

[@SophieMia806]

"This depiction is almost identical to what was discovered beneath the waves." Maybe I'm missing something, but the vase ship and the sunken ship do not look like the same shape to me. The vase ship has more vertical ends, and the sunken vessel is more flat/horizontal at the ends, not to mention the sunken ship is much longer and has more bulk on the one end.

[@anassyria5176]

Unfortunately our knowledge is bound by our previous knowledge and observations. It may be from a different Mediterranean or Eurasian civilization. Our best hope is professionalism and honesty when dealing with history.

[@destiny3929]

SophieMia806 keep in mind that the depiction is 2D in side view whereas from the footage captured of the shipwreck they were able to reconstruct a 3D model

[@manzion7599]

Also keep in mind this video editor includes other things that are misleading. Entertainment priority over facts.

[@dougl945]

If that’s what it looked like the day it sank, no wonder it sank. 😂

[@dude__003]

Titanic: I am old get on my level other ships Ship in this video: hold my beer..

[@TexySmoKez]

Ain't no human diving 2,000 meters and living to tell the tell. That's over 6,000 ft below sea level, way... deeper than the titanic.

[@dougl945]

They found George Santos’ treasure that he put on the wreck in 500BCE.

[@DINGERscotland]

Not oldest, oldest known,

[@daleHarrison93]

it does say discovered...which means found lol

It is the Oldest as of yet so they are right

[@NickHaVAnaClub]

well DUH Sherloc

[@DINGERscotland]

@ that's what I mean, oldest known,

[@DINGERscotland]

@@daleHarrison93 hence oldest known, but there are many out there who will take it as gospel to be the only one, I just meant there is the chance another older one may be found,

[@PaulNurse1]

This wreck isn't 2000m deep as stared in the report.

[@jjthomas2297]

I want to know what kind of gear those divers are using that allows them to dive to 6,000 feet

[@Fluent7709]

Is this a joke or not? cause... The picture without the divers is most likely the actual pictures.

[@toddburgers]

My mother in law survived that sinking.

[@GrosseToutounne]

...more like 20m beneath the Black Sea....

[@ochoatv567]

I love history just cant believe how people lived hundreds of thousand years before us individuals withe dreams goals so many lives forgotten

[@lorddoma6637]

That will be us one day as well

[@widjojohuang7854]

Proof that ancient time was real:

[@futiousstyles3315]

I didnt realize divers could survive at “2000 meters” deep 🤷‍♂️

[@nelsonr32]

If it was 2000 metres under the sea those divers would be mush.

[@johnbell2677]

Two thousand meter's?! A wee too deep for a diver!

[@raymondgravelle3931]

What a find!!

[@PatriotTwin]

This is not the oldest shipwreck. There are a couple from the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean; Ulu Burun comes to mind (c. 1350-1300 BC).

[@sugarnads]

Intact. Key word.

[@leosypher9993]

There has to be a way to get this to the surface Or at the very least uncover it more

[@propanbutan4634]

2000 meters??? divers can only go 300m max

[@Hunter-yn1vd]

Graham Hancock says that their are other better things to invest in such as ground penetrating radar in the Amazon .

[@NOLAMarathon2010]

Divers at 2000 meters can get by on what appears to be scuba gear?

[@os_oz]

lmaooo

[@robbiecox]

Divers at 2000 metres!!!!!!!!!! I don't think so.

[@hitsongsa]

Bring that ship up!!!!

[@shannonannereyesjavier7956]

How does a ship that old be intanto

[@mwj5368]

Remarkable news, but why can't they specially treat each wooden member and reconstruct the entire ship in a museum? Why do they have to leave it where no one can really see it? I can see leaving some wrecks for future technologies to reconstruct, but use one for present times. I think there are many more intact shipwrecks in the Black Sea as exploration is so limited due to various governments. Does anyone know why they can't reconstruct the ship in a museum? I bet that they could get a return on admissions to see it. Have it tour major cities of the world.

[@AlphaOne2009]

Good God.. Alice Roberts really gets around!

[@victory9011]

Oh sky news....

[@jamesthecrazyengineer8426]

This thing is still intact but the Titanic is fading away HOW

[@colejames423]

No oxygen, no salt.

[@omarbaba9892]

Probably depends on where it sank and the fact that it’s made of wood probably helps since the metal eating bacteria that’s consuming titanic won’t eat wood

[@juliehelliwell3051]

Ship building she played the game

[@FifoTheItalian]

ok the fact the ship looks in great condition and other ships are in so bad condition even tho it happend after.

[@clumsybugxl4230]

Titanic: Bruh i have feelins

[@daleHarrison93]

titanic wasnt intact? lol

[@NS-ex6cm]

Obviously, she does not know what she is reading.

[@joshua.snyder]

Leave it to SkyNews to show divers at 6000ft down 🤦...wearing shallow depth gear no less. 😂

[@erwinbreyson]

Raise it up, before it will be gone forever.

[@raymondhutchinson7156]

Its been in an environment free of any organism that would cause decay for 2,500 years. I think it can last another 2,500 years . Its currently located at one of the deepest regions in the Black sea at a layer they call the anoxic zone. The water there has no soluble oxygen to cause any chemical reactions and the hydrogen sulfide of the zone kills off any chance of marine organisms from living there (ex: shipworms that eat wood). The zone is basically a "dead zone".

[@realityanalyst]

Ancients Greeks had travelled all around the world.

[@jayeshkurdekar126]

This is worth spending money and getting to a museum but.. It's corrosion is already happened.. So change if environment may be detrimental..

[@Foogi9000]

Yeah it sucks but honestly the black sea is Antioxidant so it preserved it really well. Billions of years ago back in what was known as the Archean this was the state of our entire ocean. Then some cells learned how to do Photosynthesis and started creating Oxygen which was lethal and killed 90% of all life and while said life was microscopic it was still a huge loss. I'm simplifying ofc but that's generally what happened.

[@coldcoldrain13]

I would've ripped some pieces off to take home.

[@AchimEngels]

00:00 Toll, jetzt können tauchen schon 2000 Meter tief tauchen. Und die Bedeutung des Wortes "Intakt" sollte man auch noch mal prüfen. Diese Filmaufnahmen haben doch gar nichts mit dem gefundenen Schiffswrack zu tun. Warum macht man das?

[@90iatros]

FAKE! 2000 METERS!? and they show divers🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@wallybrown9509]

Did the narrator say 2000m METERS? Sorry, but not divers can dive 2000m like they are showing.

[@philip2009]

it belongs in a meseum -indiana jones

[@sagidasyed6314]

Fame news, trust me, these are very bad representation: how can there be DIVERS swimming 2000 metres below sea level!

[@rikji]

two thousand meters down, human divers?

[@rpbhakad]

guys calm down its not 2000m its 2000cm

[@ralphwatten2426]

2000 mm

[@richardmitchell2274]

Oh here we go leave it alone just look at it !

[@aaronsmith2083]

I want know what’s in the hull

[@snapfire3711]

Just take the whole thing out to study it

[@Jaeger2011]

Just

[@vovw8459]

I wouldn´t say intact

[@wwmoggy]

video of 2 different wrecks

[@raymondolson5444]

Humans are not ROVs .

[@genemartin6962]

I have a hard time believing that scuba divers are working a 2000 meter deep wreck.Unless my math is wrong that is over a MILE deep. they show a ROV in some shots and then scuba divers. The ROV I believe but not the divers.

[@qe2836]

Wrong information. It was obviously 23 meters or 75 feet.

[@bobsaget9675]

This ship has last 2400 years yet we think the titanic will be gone in a matter of decades? Why's that?

[@baconmanmc1537]

different minerals in different bodies of water.

[@bobsaget9675]

@@baconmanmc1537 any other words from captin obvious?

[@fordpot4694]

Wood doesn’t rust

[@smrtkscm]

Impresive story, but I was highly distracted by the teeth of the blonde female scientist. I need to watch it again.