Recently, a research team analyzed over 100 human mummies living about 1,200 years ago and were able to establish extraordinary insights into historical tattooing procedures. Although some ink ...

Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

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Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate tattoo designs on mummies from Peru's ancient Chancay culture. The tattoos, dating around 1250 A.D., reveal geometric shapes visible through non ...

Highly detailed tattoos on Peruvian mummies were made with “special effort” around 1,200 years ago, likely using cactus needles or sharpened animal bones, archaeologists say. Researchers used ...

Amazing, tattooed hand of an 800-year-old mummy. Credit: Kaye et al., PNAS. In the hushed darkness of a laboratory, ancient Peruvian tattoos glowed with new life. As lasers swept across the ...

After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence, or LSF, an imaging tool that until now had never been applied to tattoos, scientists discovered lines 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters wide ...

This August 2024 photo provided by researchers shows a mummified human from Peru's Chancay culture. (Tom Kaye via AP) ...

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