What it is: A lifelike figurine of a Neolithic woman carved out of the ivory core of a mammoth tusk. Where it was found: Inside the Grotte du Pape ("Pope's Cave") in Brassempouy, a village in ...

A 20-centimeter-long piece of mammoth ivory sporting four carved holes, shown here from different angles, helped scientists untangle how Central Europeans may have made rope 35,000 to 40,000 years ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Assyrian palace in Nimrud found a door sill, carved ivory and ostrich eggshells revealing royal life. Photo from Michael Danti Precious objects made of ostrich ...

Ivory bird displays ancient skill. By Jonathan Amos BBC News Online science staff From beak to tail the figure is 4.7 cm long. Enlarge Image. A sculpted piece of mammoth ivory may ... It was found ...

According to archaeologists, one of the world’s first toys originated in the caves of Ice Age France around 11,000 to 18,000 years ago.Fashioned out of flat slabs of stone or ivory, these circular ...

Two ancient carvings sent to the UK to be valued at Sotheby's are liable to forfeiture because they are made of ivory, the High Court said yesterday. The court ruled that items like the 2000-year ...

A gargantuan gold-and-ivory statue of the god Zeus—some 40 feet high—dazzled the ancient world when it was built in the 5th century B.C. After standing for 8 centuries, it disappeared, and its ...