Drought-hit Danube gives way to fossil hunt in Bulgaria
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Prospecting is organized by the Regional Museum of History of Rousse, Bulgaria, due to the disconnection of interest caused by the accidental discovery at the end of July of mammouth bones in a dry portion of the river.
Drought-hit Danube gives way to fossil hunt in Bulgaria
"I've found a tooth!" exclaimed Aleksandar Denkov, a 30-year-old amateur photographer, holding up a yellowish fragment protruding from the sand. Denkov last week joined some 20 other volunteers, many hoping to find more mammoth fossils during the search organised by the regional history museum of the nearby city of Ruse, around 250 km (155 miles) northeast of Sofia. Though their hopes were not fulfilled, the group found remains of a mammal -- "p…
More than 30 volunteers participated in this initiative organized by the Regional Museum of History in Russia, Bulgaria. According to AFP, several children and adults gathered on the dry shores of the Bulgarian Danube to search for mammoth fossils. Water at a low level revealed mammoth bones in July. Place with most mammoth fossils "I would say that there is no other place along the Danube that has brought so many discoveries," explained Krasimi…
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