WWII-era shipwrecks are emerging for the first time in years, as one of Europe’s biggest rivers dries up.
Months of heatwaves have left the Danube River at a critically low level, revealing Nazi warships, ancient animal fossils and other relics of history.
In Serbia, at least 20 German ships that were intentionally scuttled during the war can be seen from the banks of Prahovo, a village located on the river. While some of the ships had been previously removed by the Communist Yugoslav authorities, many remained due to the dangerous explosives onboard.
And in Bulgaria, some residents discovered the bones of a woolly mammoth. The animals coexisted with ancient humans and were hunted for food, tusks and bones before they went extinct.
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