Serbian archaeologists discover mammoth field containing at least five of the giant beasts

Miomir Korac, left, the director of the Viminacium archaeological park, and fellow archaeologists, work on a mammoth tusk at an open pit coal mine in Kostolac, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Belgrade, Serbia. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing remains of at least five of the giant animals that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic. By: Marko Drobnjakovic, Associated Press KOSTOLAC, SERBIA (AP).- First there was one. Then another. And another. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. The discovery last week at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region. It could offer important insight into the ice age in the Balkans, said Miomir Korac from Serbia's Archaeology Institute. "There are millions of mammoth fragments in the world, but they are rarely so accessible for exploration," he told The Associated Press. "A mammoth field can offer incredible information and shed light on what life looked like in these areas during the ice age."

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Miomir Korac, left, the director of the Viminacium archaeological park, and fellow archaeologists, work on a mammoth tusk at an open pit coal mine in Kostolac, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Belgrade, Serbia. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing remains of at least five of the giant animals that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic. By: Marko Drobnjakovic, Associated Press KOSTOLAC, SERBIA (AP).- First there was one. Then another. And another. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. The discovery last week at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region. It could offer important insight into the ice age in the Balkans, said Miomir Korac from Serbia's Archaeology Institute. "There are millions of mammoth fragments in the world, but they are rarely so accessible for exploration," he told The Associated Press. "A mammoth field can offer incredible information and shed light on what life looked like in these areas during the ice age."

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Miomir Korac, left, the director of the Viminacium archaeological park, and fellow archaeologists, work on a mammoth tusk at an open pit coal mine in Kostolac, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Belgrade, Serbia. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing remains of at least five of the giant animals that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic.


Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. 

The discovery last week at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region. It could offer important insight into the ice age in the Balkans, said Miomir Korac from Serbia's Archaeology Institute. 

"There are millions of mammoth fragments in the world, but they are rarely so accessible for exploration," he told The Associated Press. 

"A mammoth field can offer incredible information and shed light on what life looked like in these areas during the ice age."

Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. The discovery last week at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region. It could offer important insight into the ice age in the Balkans, said Miomir Korac from Serbia's Archaeology Institute. "There are millions of mammoth fragments in the world, but they are rarely so accessible for exploration," he told The Associated Press. "A mammoth field can offer incredible information and shed light on what life looked like in these areas during the ice age."

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Miomir Korac, left, the director of the Viminacium archaeological park, and fellow archaeologists, work on a mammoth tusk at an open pit coal mine in Kostolac, 80 kilometers (50 miles) east of Belgrade, Serbia. Archaeologists in Serbia say they have discovered a rare mammoth field containing remains of at least five of the giant animals that lived here tens of thousands of years ago. AP Photo/ Marko Drobnjakovic.

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