World's oldest intact shipwreck discovered

By Jack Hardy
Updated October 23 2018 - 8:11pm, first published 8:08pm
The preservation of the Black Sea shipwreck is owed to the conditions of the oxygen-free water.
The preservation of the Black Sea shipwreck is owed to the conditions of the oxygen-free water.

The world's oldest intact shipwreck has been discovered more than 2km beneath the waves of the Black Sea, archaeologists believe.

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