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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.

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

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

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

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

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

Caspari and his colleagues turned to cutting-edge infrared photography to image in three dimensions the tattoos on the arms ...

New research into a Central Asian ice mummy has revealed the full details of an Iron Age woman's many intricate tattoos.

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

The male mummy, who was discovered about 100 years ago, has a wild bull and a Barbary Sheep tattooed on his upper arm, according to experts. S-shaped and linear motifs were identified on the upper ...