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Mental power

The Elephant Butchering Site of Gröbern

125,000 years ago a sick bull elephant died in shallow lakeshore waters. Due to its weakness, the Elephas antiquus was no unreachable prey for human hunters.

In 1987, during lignite mining, the almost complete skeleton was discovered in the deposits of a silted lake. 27 flint flakes that were found between the bones, as well as the unnatural displacement of one tusk and several large bones are witness of the butchering by human hands.

Reconstructed torso of the European forest elephant from Gröbern. © State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, Karol Schauer.
Reconstructed torso of the European forest elephant from Gröbern. © State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, Karol Schauer.
Museum exklusiv

Here you will find an exciting film on the elephant of Gröbern the »Museum exklusiv« series of the State Museum of Prehistory (German version only).

»Der Waldelefant von Gröbern«

»Die Inszenierung des Waldelefanten von Gröbern«

The bones of the slaughtered elephant in the lake are juxtaposed with a lifelike reconstruction of Palaeoloxodon antiquus. © State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, Juraj Lipták.
The bones of the slaughtered elephant in the lake are juxtaposed with a lifelike reconstruction of Palaeoloxodon antiquus. © State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, Juraj Lipták.

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