Overview
- A Ryahovo resident found bones on the exposed Danube riverbed and villagers alerted the Regional History Museum in Ruse on Wednesday.
- Museum experts who inspected the site reported a lower jaw, two tusks and a possible rib and said the remains are provisionally linked to a mammoth.
- The museum plans a careful removal and controlled excavation followed by radiocarbon or other dating to establish the find’s origin and age.
- The discovery occurred as Danube levels fell to record lows after prolonged heatwaves and drought that have reduced flows across European rivers and disrupted shipping.
- Scientists say the bones could shed light on Ice Age environments but warned that drought-driven exposure risks damaging fragile remains and requires rapid professional recovery.