18,000-Year-Old Ice Age Figurines Reveal a Secret Hidden in Mammoth Tusks
Some 18,000 years ago, an Ice Age artist picked up a piece of mammoth ivory and began carving a small human figure. The finished object was covered in…
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40,000-Year-Old Mammoth Ivory Birds Found in German Cave
Archaeologists excavating one of Germany’s most important prehistoric caves have discovered two miniature birds carved from mammoth ivory approximately 40,000 years ago. The figurines, recovered from Hohle Fels…
