Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on ...

Interestingly, the study’s authors noted that the mummy’s right forearm tattoos were more technically proficient and detailed ...

Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.

New imaging technology has allowed scientists to decipher the tattoos of an Iron Age mummy—and study them like never before.

The ancient tattoos, which would have required trained artistry and hours of work, would be difficult for even modern ...

As in modern times, tattooing in ancient Siberia was an art that required formal training and artistic sensibilities, ...

Archaeologists have used cutting edge techniques to reveal new information about the intricate tattoos of a woman that lived ...

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable glimpse into the past through the discovery of a 2,000-year-old mummy in the Altai ...

Tattoos are rare in the archaeological record, because skin rarely survives the centuries. But in the permafrost of the Altai ...

The ornate tattoos of a 2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ have finally been revealed using advanced imaging technology, ...

Archaeologists have revealed intricate tattoos on a 2,000-year-old mummy from the Pazyryk culture, preserved in Siberian permafrost. High-resolution imaging unveiled detailed animal motifs and ...