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Spectacular mammoth tusk discovered in Lake Salzgitter!
Divers discover an almost 80 cm long mammoth tusk in Lake Salzgitter. The find from the Ice Age is preserved in the museum.
Spectacular mammoth tusk discovered in Lake Salzgitter!
What a find! Two divers from the Sepia Salzgitter diving community, Jürgen Wiegleb and Jürgen Woelke, have made a fascinating historical discovery in Lake Salzgitter. They discovered an almost 80 centimeter long tusk of a woolly mammoth - a truly spectacular find that will make the hearts of history and nature lovers beat faster. This is reported by [news38.de](https://www.news38.de/salzgitter/article300608343/salzgitter-sepia- Taucher-salzgittersee-zahn-fund-augen-traut-spektakulaerer.html).
The tusk probably belonged to a six- to seven-year-old cub that lived in the region around 110,000 to 10,000 years ago. The love of diving really paid off for Wiegleb and Woelke! The city of Salzgitter announced this remarkable discovery on September 16th.
The trip to the museum
After the discovery, the tusk was taken to the Salder Castle Municipal Museum. There he is looked after by museum director Arne Homann, who works with experts such as Dr. Ralf Kosma from the State Natural History Museum Braunschweig works together. To protect the tooth from drying out, it is temporarily stored in a tub of water. It is said that careful preservation will take one to two years. The tusk will then be on display in a permanent exhibition, which will increase the anticipation of this unique sight. salzgitter.de has published further details about this extraordinary project.
The divers Wiegleb and Woelke are extremely happy about their find and emphasize the importance of giving such finds to museums in order to keep history alive. Wiegleb even expressed concern that more discoveries could be made in the near future, but that remains up in the air for now. This one find will not only put a smile on the faces of divers, but also of future museum visitors!
In a time when the past is often forgotten, this mammoth tusk shows us that nature always has surprises in store. It remains exciting to see how the work surrounding this historic find will develop. We can look forward to more information and the final presentation in the museum!