The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

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

The discovery included 52 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, the structure of a large tomb where 300 mummies had been ...

The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark contrast — revealing fine details in tattoos ...

The tattoos of 1200-year-old mummies from Peru can now be seen in exquisite detail, showing fine markings that may have been ...

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate, hidden tattoos on 13th-century Peruvian mummies, revealing details of ancient ...

A new study sheds light on tattoo designs found on more than 100 mummies from Chancay culture, a group that lived on the ...

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

The ancient Egyptians employed a host of exotic ... Kingdom period and six centuries after pharaoh Tutankhamen – whose mummy and fabulous funerary objects were found in 1922 – reigned during ...

Sifting through the sands of the Egyptian desert, archaeologists looked for the telltale signs of ancient ruins. One ancient ...

Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy is one of the most popular remakes of classic Universal Monster movies, and several key elements ...