The Vikings seem to have gone to the ends of the Earth in their search for precious ivory – quite literally. The Norse were trading walrus tusks in medieval Europe that have now been traced to ...

The 5,000-year-old “Ivory Man” tomb, originally assumed to belong to a wealthy young man after its discovery in Spain in 2008, was actually that of a woman, researchers revealed.

Soon after, he reached out to the Mississippi State Geological Survey. The experts carefully excavated the 7-foot-long (2-meter), 600-pound ivory tusk (270 kilograms).

The Hohle Fels baton, made from 15 pieces of ivory unearthed in 2015. H. Jensen, University of Tübingen A roughly 35,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk found in 2015 was used by early humans as a ...

This ivory tusk, weighing more than 50 pounds (22.6 kilograms), is considered fragile. It has been wrapped in plastic as the paleontologists try to control how fast it dehydrates.

This ivory tusk, weighing more than 50 pounds (22.6 kilograms), is considered fragile. It has been wrapped in plastic as the paleontologists try to control how fast it dehydrates.

This ivory tusk, weighing more than 50 pounds (22.6 kilograms), is considered fragile. It has been wrapped in plastic as the paleontologists try to control how fast it dehydrates.