What it is: Sculpture of a bird carved from mammoth ivory ... The other two ivory sculptures discovered at Hohle Fels at the same time included a carved head of a horse or cave bear and a part ...

The other two ivory sculptures discovered at Hohle Fels at the same time included a carved head of a horse or cave bear and a part human, part lion standing figure. Together, the three objects ...

What it tells us about the past: Archaeologists excavating Hohle Fels cave in southwestern Germany over two decades ago discovered three tiny figurines carved out of mammoth ivory. Dated to around ...