Kamnik remembers 80 years since mammoth discovery

Kamnik, 20 April - The mammoth's skeleton found in Slovenia 80 years ago will be in the focus of an exhibition on this huge Ice Age animal the town of Kamnik will launch tonight.

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Ljubljana The skeleton of the mammoth found in 1938 near the town of Kamnik, exhibited at the Natural History Museum. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The skeleton of the mammoth found in 1938 near the town of Kamnik, exhibited at the Natural History Museum.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Kamnik. Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938. Foto: Stane Cuderman/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik.
Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938.
Foto: Stane Cuderman/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik. Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938. Foto: Stanka Cuderman/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik.
Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938.
Foto: Stanka Cuderman/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik. Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938. Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik.
Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938.
Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik. Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938. Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik.
Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938.
Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik. Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938. Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik.
Izkopavanje okostja mamuta v Nevljah pri Kamniku leta 1938.
Foto: Peter Naglič/last Društva Peter Naglič

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938. Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Kamnik
Excavation of the mammoth skeleton in Nevlje near Kamnik in 1938.
Photo: Stane Cuderman/courtesy of the Peter Naglič Society

Ljubljana The skeleton of the mammoth found in 1938 near the town of Kamnik, exhibited at the Natural History Museum. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

Ljubljana
The skeleton of the mammoth found in 1938 near the town of Kamnik, exhibited at the Natural History Museum.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
File photo

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