Scientists keep searching for clues about tattoo practices around the world. The Chancay mummies reveal how skilled artists were in creating slender lines and geometric forms. Ötzi’s remains highlight ...

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The three highly detailed tattoos revealed by the team on the mummified remains were "predominantly geometric patterns featuring triangles, which are also found on other Chancay artistic media ...

The team studied tattoos with a variety of patterns on more than 100 mummies. Some tattoos were geometric, featuring shapes like triangles and diamonds. Others included vine-like patterns and ...

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

As lasers swept across the mummified remains of the Chancay people, once-hidden designs — swirling patterns of geometric shapes and animal forms — emerged. These tattoos, etched over 1,000 ...

The intricate details of tattoos inscribed on the skin of South American mummies are now revealed in all their breathtaking glory. With a technique used to study dinosaur fossils, a team of scientists ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru ...

In doing so, we achieved a new capability in the study of tattoos that had never been achieved before," Pittman said. The team managed to identify intricate geometric and zoomorphic (representing ...

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists report in a new study. However, not everyone is convinced that the new ...

Tattoos seem to have been important to the Chancay, says Pittman, as they are found on a large proportion of known mummified human remains. “Many of the designs, geometric patterns featuring ...