Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have unveiled long "hidden" and finely detailed tattoo designs on the skin of ancient mummies from Peru, a study reports. Tattoos were a prevalent art form ...

In a stunning archaeological breakthrough, scientists have uncoveredancient tattoos on mummified bodies from Peru’s Chancay culture, offering a rare glimpse into the body art practices of a ...

Throughout this life, Ötzti had 61 tattoos. Could the pigments under Ötzti’s frozen skin point to an ancient medical practice? “We contend that the back and leg ‘medicinal’ tattoos ...

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

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 on mummies degrade over time due to decay and ink bleed, making it difficult to study their original designs. But now, a new laser-based technique is shedding new light on these ancient ...

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 ...

“We expect L.S.F. to work on other ancient tattoos from different cultures around the world and have plans to continue this imaging work to uncover similarly exciting discoveries,” Dr. Pittman ...