Mezhyrich world famous mammoth hunters’ site

Kaniv - Mezhyrich – Kaniv
Mezhyrich world famous hunters’ site is located 20 meters from the highway Kyiv-Cherkasy. Mezhyrich hunters’ site is 15 thousand years old, archeologists found here four dwelling remains, which were built of bones of mammoths which were different in shape, size, architecture external facing. Mezhyrich facilities are unique in the world, they do not have analogues on any continent.
According to the President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Boris Paton Mezhyrich is a monument of world importance, when it is under construction of the museum it can be taken under the patronage of UNESCO.
- Museum of Natural History in New York City (USA) conducted diorama ' Mezhyrich hunters’ site'
- Models of Mezhyrich first 'home' are displayed in France, Japan, New Zealand.
- Reconstruction 'housing' was shown at an exhibition in Japan 'All of the mammoth' (1981-1982)
- A number of documentaries devoted to Mezhyrich world famous hunters’ site are shown in Ukraine, Britain (BBC ), the USA (Discovery), Japan (NHK);
- The book ‘Mammoth Hunters '(1985) about Mezhyrich hunters’ site written by famous American author Jean M. Oel became one of the most popular best sellers, millions of copies in many languages were printed.
-Mezhyrich world famous hunters’ site takes prominence in the most authoritative reference and science-fiction: Handbook of basic knowledge, published by a leading American newspaper The New York Times 2004; History of Science and Technology 'From Gutenberg to the Internet (USA, 2005.).
Services in the journey:
Lunch and dinner: visit cafe 'Ros' (the center of Mezhyrich), which runs from 9-00 to 24-00, tel.067-174-35-24;
Overnight:
can be in the houses of Hizhnyak Grygoriy, tel.097-181-66-93,
or Gerashchenko Natalia, tel.096-295-65-66
Date: 2010.12.26
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