Austrian winemaker finds mammoth bones in wine cellar

A winemaker makes the extraordinary discovery of bones dating back 30,000 years ago during renovations.

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The find has been called an "archaeological sensation” by researchers from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the OeAW.

The winemaker, Andreas Pernerstorfer, came across a number of huge bones, buried deep in his wine cellar in the village of Gobelsburg, in the district of Krems, west of Vienna.

He reported his find to the authorities, who identified them as the bones of at least three Stone Age mammoths.

Mr Pernerstorfer told the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, ORF, that he was renovating his wine cellar when he made the discovery.

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