This remarkable miniature carving depicts two nymphs garlanding a herm, overlooked by putti. It is a tour de force of virtuoso ivory carving on minute scale. It was made by pair of German carvers ...

Tantalising ivory fragments, carved in the half century before the Norman Conquest, reveal the outstanding skill of their Anglo-Saxon carvers. Dr Paul Williamson, from the Victoria and Albert Museum, ...

Archaeologists uncover 13,700-year-old mammoth ivory rods in Alaska, linking early carving traditions to Clovis culture ...