Although ivory might make you think of illegal elephant tusks, mammoth tusks are both legal and abundant — an estimated 150 million mammoths are frozen in Siberian permafrost.And for Marcus ...

Ivory bird displays ancient skill. ... Enlarge Image. A sculpted piece of mammoth ivory may be the earliest representation of a bird in the archaeological record. The 30,000-year-old figurine, found ...

This bird is stretched out in a headlong dive Three tiny figurines carved from mammoth tusks have provided fresh evidence that the earliest Europeans were accomplished artists. The skill with ...

Poachers kill some 30,000 elephants a year for their tusks, many of which get carved into pricey art and trinkets, just like mammoth ivory. (Also see “ U.S.-China Deal to Ban Ivory Trade Is Good ...

The oldest object in the exhibition, a small female mammoth figurine carved from mammoth ivory, is approximately 40,000 years old. It created a sensation when it was found at Vogelherd in ...

In southwestern Germany, an American archaeologist and his German colleagues have found the oldest mammoth-ivory carving known to modern science. And even at 35,000 years old, it's still intact.

It is made from mammoth ivory and is 4.8 centimeters in length. It is believed to be around 40,000 years old and is now on display at a museum in the German city of Tubingen. J. Lipták ...

Focused on Chinese high-end light industrial arts, it also provides traditional art with access to overseas markets. A mammoth ivory carving work is on display at the 10th China Beijing ...