
Slovakia's archaeology renaissance — The European Correspondent
17 March 2025 As a child, I dreamed of becoming a historian or archaeologist, imagining far-off places rather than discoveries in Slovakia. Yet, the findings of the last few months prove otherwise and span centuries - it was a few too many to ignore a pattern. At a known archaeological site believed to be used by a shaman, experts uncovered a rock imprint of a tusk, likely from a prehistoric forest elephant that roamed Europe until 45,000 years ago. These elephants were common in western and so...