Rewriting the Timeline: New Radiocarbon Dating Reveals True Age of Ancient Greek Shipwreck

Research updates radiocarbon calibration curve and reevaluates dates of Greek shipwrecks.
Improved radiocarbon calibration techniques now offer more accurate date estimates for Greek shipwrecks, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sturt Manning of Cornell University and colleagues.

The Kyrenia Ship was found in the 1960s off the coast of Cyprus, and it has become a key vessel in the study of ancient Greek shipbuilding. Archaeological evidence has indicated the age of the ship’s final voyage at around 300 BCE, but previous radiocarbon dating efforts have not lined up with the archaeological evidence. Manning and colleagues suggest that this discrepancy is due to outdated radiocarbon calibration data.