Lier mammoth
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lier-mammoth-176-6703665
title:
Lier mammoth
text:
The Lier mammoth is the skeleton of a mammoth that was found in 1860 near the Dungelhoeffkazerne in Lier in the Province of Antwerp of Belgium, while digging the diversion canal of the Nete. Its importance was recognised by a military doctor stationed in Lier, François-Joseph Scohy, and the skeleton was excavated, mounted and in 1869 for the first time shown to the public. This was a first skeleton of a mammoth for Western Europe. Only the museum of Saint Petersburg was already in possession of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Skeleton of a mammoth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lier_mammoth
date created:
2015-07-29T17:39:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T15:20:46Z
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13
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