June 4, 2009 -- A well-preserved skeleton of amammoth that is believed to be about one million years old has been unearthed in eastern Serbia, archaeologists said Thursday.
The discovery was made during excavation two days ago at an open-pit coal mine near Kostolac power plant, said Miomir Korac, from Serbia's Archaeology Institute.
The skeleton was found 27 meters (89 feet) below ground, he said. The mammoth was more than 4 meters (13 feet) high, 5 meters (16 feet) long and weighed more than 10 tons.
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