Siberian gold miners accidentally find ancient woolly rhino mummy with horn and soft tissues still intact

Woolly rhino horn placed on skull in a museum.

Gold miners in Siberia recently unearthed a mummified woolly rhino carcass with its horn and soft tissues still intact. The miners in the Sakha Republic, came across the carcass while excavating the site of a new quarry.

Photos of the remains, found in the Oymyakon District, appeared on the Russian social media site Telegram on Aug. 2.