300-Year-Old Camel Skeleton Found Buried Beneath Cellar In Austria
Geo Beats
2015-04-02
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Archaeologists digging in Tulln, Austria discovered an approximately 300-year-old full camel skeleton, the first of its kind to turn up in central Europe.
Back in the days when the Ottoman Empire was sending its armies far and wide to claim more territory, troops often traveled with camels specially bred to perform transport and combat tasks.
In 2006, archaeologists digging in Tulln, Austria discovered an intact skeleton of one such animal believed to be approximately 300 years old.
Just recently, they published a report on their find in the journal ‘PLOS One.’
Though individual ca
Back in the days when the Ottoman Empire was sending its armies far and wide to claim more territory, troops often traveled with camels specially bred to perform transport and combat tasks.
In 2006, archaeologists digging in Tulln, Austria discovered an intact skeleton of one such animal believed to be approximately 300 years old.
Just recently, they published a report on their find in the journal ‘PLOS One.’
Though individual ca
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