For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover ...

Modern tattoo enthusiasts with access to numbing creams and electric machines might not appreciate the painstaking effort ...

Scientists use advanced laser technology to reveal incredibly precise hidden tattoos on more than 100 mummies found in Peru.

According to a Live Science report, paleobiologist Michael Pittman of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and his colleagues ...

A team of researchers in Peru looked at tattoos on more than 100 mummified bodies from the Chancay culture, which inhabited ...

Using a cutting-edge technique called laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF), researchers uncovered details that had been ...

Centuries-old mummified remains from pre-Hispanic South America demonstrate the widespread practice of tattooing. Tattoos ...

D elicately detailed tattoos have been discovered etched onto the bodies of 1,200-year-old mummies uncovered in Peru.

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists ...

The intricate details of tattoos inscribed on the skin of South American mummies are now revealed in all their breathtaking glory.