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

Some of the tattoos seem to have required special effort due to their intricate designs, while others are small and simple.

Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special ...

An 800-year-old mummy displays unique facial tattoos with rare mineral ink, offering new insights into ancient South American tattoo practices and cultural identity.

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.

TATTOOS have been around for more than 5,000 years, with everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to the Incas dabbling in rudimentary ink. As it sits just under the skin, body art is often lost as a ...

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate, hidden tattoos on 13th-century Peruvian mummies, revealing details of ancient body art invisible to the naked eye. For more than 5,000 years ...