The find was given to the Museum.
Residents of the village of Verkhnii verbizh digging a well and at a depth of 5 meters came across the Tusk of a mammoth. Saying that, he struck his good condition, the bone did not seem to have lain under the earth for thousands of years.
First discovery, which was encountered at a depth of five meters, took over the stone. But from a blow he began to crumble. The find was taken in Chernivtsi national University. There is a mammoth Tusk found out right away, I canned and gave him the document.
“In our territory mammoths were found everywhere. Lived in our territory from one million to 13 thousand years ago. That is, during the ice age,” – says the candidate of historical Sciences, lecturer of the national University of Chernivtsi Mykola Ilkiv.
Under the ground near the new well, say Tasuki, there is still a piece of bone: the bone snapped when it was pulled. Take the remaining jobs afraid that they are not covered with earth.
On the black market, a kilo of ivory is worth about thousands of dollars. Such bones make jewelry. However, the couple unanimously decided to give his discovery to the Museum. Moreover, ready to take in their yards archaeologists to continue excavations.
