Rows of tiny crosses and dots run along the flank of a mammoth no bigger than your palm. Someone carved it from a tusk around 40,000 years ago, then went back and added the marks with care.

Q I inherited a small collection of ivory figurines that were purchased in China in 1947 or ’48. My understanding is that these items cannot be sold, but do you know where, in the San Francisco Bay ...

Tiny ivory figurines recently discovered in the Swabian Mountains of Germany suggest that the first modern humans to make their way to Europe were “astonishingly precocious artists,” researchers said ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — A man was arrested for selling ivory figurines to undercover state Department of Environmental Conservation agents in a restaurant parking lot in Syracuse, agents said. Henry ...

Excavations in caves in southwestern Germany are carving out a new chapter in art prehistory. Most recently, researchers sifting through dirt that had been dug out of the Hohle Fels cave uncovered ...

The San Francisco Police Department is asking for the public to keep an eye out for valuable pieces of artwork heisted from a Fisherman's Wharf gallery in August. Police said that a suspect busted his ...