With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru.
The oldest known tattoos were found on remains of a Neolithic man who lived in the Italian Alps around 3,000 B.C. Many mummies from ancient Egypt also have tattoos, as do remains from cultures ...
The intricate details of tattoos inked more than 1200 years ago have been made visible by scanning South American mummies with lasers ... “So, to some extent, ancient Chancay tattoos show ...