A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was deliberately marked with cuts and might be one of the oldest art pieces in Eurasia crafted by the Neanderthals, researchers say. The roughly cylindrical bone, ...

An excavation in modern-day Turkey near what was once a Roman fortress revealed a pair of carved bone disk-shaped pieces likely used for a strategic board game. Each of the pieces is shaped the same, ...

In an old, historical town in Russia, archaeologists were working on excavations around a defensive structure when they made a remarkable discovery. As they dug down to the hard surface below, a ...

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...

This photo shows a carved bone tool made from an elephant humerus dating back 1.5 million years. (CSIC) Early humans used animal bones to craft tools — more than a million years earlier than ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a carved alligator made of ...