Emma the Curious 🧐 on Nostr: A gigantic mammoth tusk unearthed from a Yorkshire coal mine has been carefully ...

A gigantic mammoth tusk unearthed from a Yorkshire coal mine has been carefully conserved during one of the city’s most unusual clean-up jobs.

Today, the remarkable find is among countless objects spanning millions of years of history being cared for during an annual deep clean carried out by experts at the Leeds Discovery Centre.

https://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/curators-taken-to-tusk-as-mammoth-clean-up-gets-underway