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Statue of Zeus at Olympia
one of The Seven Wonders of the World
Tel Megiddo
site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel valley
diptych
thumb|Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, [[Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre]] thumbnail|Wax tablet and a Roman [[stylus]] thumb|Barberini Ivory, [[Constantinople, 6th century, Louvre]]
Lewis chessmen
carved chess pieces discovered on the Isle of Lewis
Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel
thumb|Side view showing the transverse gouges on the left arm The figurine, also called the Lion-man of , is a prehistoric sculpture discovered in Hohlenstein-Stadel, a German cave, part of the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura UNESCO World Heritage Site, in 1939. The German name, , meaning "lion-person" or "lion-human", is used most frequently because it was discovered and is exhibited in Germany. It is an anthropomorphic figurine combining a human-like body with the head of a cave lion (Panthera spelaea).
Athena Parthenos
sculpture by Phidias
Venus of Brassempouy
sculpture, Paleolithic carved head
Venus of Hohle Fels
sculpture
chryselephantine sculpture
ancient Greek sculpture made with gold and ivory
Venus of Lespugue
Nokia NONO
Venus of Moravany
paleolithic Venus figurine
olifant
type of horn instrument made from ivory
Codex Aureus of Lorsch
Carolingian manuscript
Beauty Revealed
painting by Sarah Goodridge
Pompeii Lakshmi
Ivory statuette from Pompeii resembling an Indian fertility goddess
tupilaq
thumb|A carved representation of a tupilak, Greenland A ' ( or in Inuktitut syllabics, plural ') is a monster or carving of a monster.
situla
thumb|Etruscan situla, 600–550 BC, tomb 68 at Certosa di Bologna#The cemetery|the Certosa necropolis
consular diptych
Type of Roman diptych to commemorate a consul
Venus figurines of Mal'ta
paleolithic figurines found in Siberia, Russia
ivory carving
carving of animal tooth or tusk by using sharp cutting tools
scrimshaw
thumb|American whaling ships, scrimshaw on whale tooth, c. 1800 Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses.
Swimming Reindeer
Paleolithic ivory sculpture
Gunhild Cross
12th-century crucifix carved in walrus tusk
Venus figurines of Kostenki
Stone Age depictions of the female body
Benin Pendant Masks
pair of ivory pendant masks from Benin at The Met Museum and the British Museum
Charlemagne chessmen
group of 11th-century chess pieces
Begram ivories
ancient carvings from Afghanistan
MacGregor plaque
Egyptian Plaque
Pyxis of Zamora
ivory carving casket
Venus of Buret'
Venus figurine related to Mal'ta-Buret' culture
pyxis of al-Mughira
ivory carved container
Symmachi–Nicomachi diptych
decorated panels carved in ivory
Immodest Venus
paleolithic Venus figurine
Nimrud ivories
group of ivory carvings dating back to the 9th and 7th centuries BC
Khufu Statuette
ancient Egyptian figurine
Bagram Hoard
ancient carvings from Afghanistan
Brescia Casket
4th-century ivory box
Galatea
statue-cum-human made by Pygmalion of Cyprus in Greek myth
Palaikastro Kouros
statuette of a male found in Greece
Chinese puzzle ball
concentric hollow spheres carved from a single solid block
Ivory pomegranate
bone ornamental object held in Jerusalem
Aachen Gospels
manuscript
Situla of the Pania
Etruscan, ivory
Evangelium Longum
Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha
ivory carving from circa 1063
Veroli Casket
decorative box from Constantinople
Venus figurines of Gagarino
paleolithic artifacts found in Russia
Venus figurines of Gönnersdorf
paleolithic depictions of the female body
Cloisters Cross
ivory cross in the collection of the Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Leyre Casket
carved ivory reliquary casket
Venus of Eliseevichi
venus figurine