A Very Old Ship Under the Sea

There is a ship under the water. It is near Turkey. It is the oldest ship in the world. People find the ship in 2024. The ship is under the sea near Kekova. It is in shallow water. Hakan Öniz is a man at a university. He works near the water. He finds the ship. There is no wood on the ship now. The wood is gone. But there is pottery. The pottery is in the water. The pottery is old. It is very, very old. It is from 4,500 years ago. This is a big number. The pottery is like a jar. It has two handles. It has a belt on the side. The pottery shows us how people trade. People trade goods in the sea. They take things from one place to another. This ship is a time capsule. It tells us about the past. It shows us the life of people long ago. The team of people works on the ship. They take the pottery from the rocks. They clean the pottery. They look at the pottery. The pottery tells a story. It is a story about trade. It is a story about the sea. The sea is blue. The ship is on the sand. The ship is between two islands. It is a quiet place now. The team is happy. They learn new things. They use new tools. They work in the water. It is hard work. But it is good work. We learn about the world. We learn about the people. It is a great discovery. There is much to learn from the sea.