Ancient fossilised ivory discovered on construction site in China’s Henan

An ancient ivory fossil from at least a million years ago has been discovered by a worker on a construction site in central China.

The video, filmed in Shangqiu City in Henan Province on March 29, shows construction workers digging out a three-metre-long piece of ancient ivory, buried around five metres‘ deep beneath the sand and mud.

The ivory has been delivered to the local museum and stored in a specific sealed bag until experts can authenticate it.