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  "id": 14519485,
  "title": "A New Contender for the World's Oldest Shipwreck Has Been Discovered Off the Coast of Turkey. Its Ancient Cargo Is a 'Time Capsule' From 4,700 Years Ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/a-new-contender-for-the-worlds-oldest-shipwreck-has-been-discovered",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:20:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-new-contender-for-the-worlds-oldest-shipwreck-has-been-discovered-off-the-coast-of-turkey-its-ancient-cargo-is-a-time-capsule-from-4700-years-ago-180989682/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ship was likely transporting huge jars of olive oil or wine across the Mediterranean when it sank to the seafloor. One archaeologist \"could not believe how much\" residue remained inside",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Scientist",
        "title": "Ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey claimed to be world’s oldest",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/ancient-shipwreck-discovered-off-turkey-claimed-to-be-worlds-oldest",
        "published": "2026-10-14T18:36:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}