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Recently, a research team analyzed over 100 human mummies living about 1,200 years ... with brilliant clues about just how these ancient tattoos were put together and gives a new significance ...

Far from serving as simple decoration, tattooing in ancient communities often had far more profound connotations ... With the advanced use of laser technology, researchers can unravel and closely ...

Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. They reveal fine details in tattoos dating to around 1250 A.D. that aren’t visible to ...

Scientists became the first to use a cutting-edge laser imaging technique, using it to analyze the tattoos on 1,200-year-old Peruvian mummies.

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark ...

The oldest known tattoos were found on remains of a Neolithic man who lived in the Italian Alps around 3,000 BC. Many mummies from ancient Egypt also have tattoos, as do remains from cultures ...

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 ...

Tattoos on mummies degrade over time due to decay and ink bleed, making it difficult to study their original designs. But now, a new laser-based technique is shedding new light on these ancient ...

Tattoos on mummies degrade over time due to decay and ink bleed, making it difficult to study their original designs.

Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies from Peru. It is not clear how the tattoos were created, but they are “of a quality that stands ...