A team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London became the first researchers to utilize a ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient ...

If tattoos are prone to fading within a single human lifetime, imagine the wear-and-tear on the tattoos of 1,200-year-old ...

For over five thousand years, tattoos have served as markers of identity, status and spirituality. A ground-breaking study ...

The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

The discovery included 52 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, the structure of a large tomb where 300 mummies had been ...

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.

Mummies’ skin glows brightly when scanned by a laser, revealing the fine details of any tattoos on the preserved body part 1.

A new study sheds light on tattoo designs found on more than 100 mummies from Chancay culture, a group that lived on the ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover ...

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate, hidden tattoos on 13th-century Peruvian mummies, revealing details of ancient ...