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

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

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

An 800-year-old mummy donated to a museum in Italy a century ago has revealed new clues about ancient face tattoos. But the mummy's origin remains shrouded in mystery.

For archaeologists, this find is a rare chance to study an ancient art form in exquisite detail—and to see, perhaps for the first time in 2,000 years, the hands of the artists themselves.

Bodies preserved by the deep cold of the Altai mountains offer archaeologists a rare insight into ancient tattoo art, and modern artists are impressed by the skill some of the work displays ...

Otzi, a 5,000-year-old mummy, has 61 tattoos arranged in 19 groups across his body.

Tattoos found on the face and arm of an ancient South American mummy are completely unlike any other known examples of ancient body art. Describing the tatts in a new study, researchers say the ...

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

The study specifically examined the female mummy found in tomb 5, and a combination of floodlights, digital cameras and near-infrared imaging showed her detailed tattoos for the very first time.

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