The mammoth-bone houses of Mezhyrich
Huts of 149 mammoth bones, found while digging a cellar
In 1965 a farmer enlarging his cellar dug up a mammoth's jawbone. Archaeologists then uncovered four huts about 15,000 years old built from 149 mammoth bones, along with a mammoth skull painted with red ochre that is thought to have been a 'drum'.
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Houses built of mammoth bones were found by a farmer enlarging his cellar. In 1965 he dug up a mammoth jaw at Mezhyrich, Ukraine; archaeologists then uncovered four huts of 149 mammoth bones, about 15,000 years old. Share →