A dogged search for walrus ivory may have brought two unlikely cultures together — the Thule Inuits of the Arctic and the Norse of Greenland — hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus set ...

The study is now published in Science Advances. In Medieval Europe, there was an enormous demand for elite products, among them—walrus ivory. With the Vikings playing a vital part in the ivory ...

A man attempting to illegally export items made from elephant and walrus ivory has received a suspended prison sentence. Peter Maw, 65, of Duke Street, Cheltenham was charged in October 2019 ...

The chessman is a king on horseback made out of walrus ivory. It was probably made in Germany or Scandinavia and is one of the finest chessmen of medieval date found in England. The loss of such a ...

Born Free celebrates the addition of other ivory-bearing species including hippos, narwhals, sperm whales and killer whales ...

Trondheim was one of the great centres for carving walrus ivory, and the style of the Lewis Chessmen is very close to pieces made there. We know that similar chess pieces have also been found in ...

And for a walrus to hit one of us can be lethal.” Indeed, their ivory tusks can be nearly two feet long. Hooked into ice like an ax, they help a walrus clamber from the sea. They also jab rivals ...

Trondheim was one of the great centres for carving walrus ivory, and the style of the Lewis Chessmen is very close to pieces made there. We know that similar chess pieces have also been found in ...

The sculpture is based on a walrus tusk scrimshaw held in the museum’s collections – an intricate art form traditionally practiced by sailors on bone or ivory during long sea voyages.