When novelist Jefferson Bass shows up at Murder by the Book on Thursday, readers of his remarkable mystery Carved in Bone may need to solve a mystery of their own. That's because Jefferson Bass is not ...

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, ...

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 ...

The box was discovered in the Roman-era grave of a young woman. Archaeologists suspect it may have contained ointment for pain relief, as the woman's remains show signs of lesions and joint ...

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 ...