Tattoos found on the face and arm of an ancient South American mummy are completely unlike any other known examples of ancient body art. Describing the tatts in a new study, researchers say the ...

An international team of anthropologists, cultural heritage specialists and lab analysts has found tattoos of a type never seen before on the face and arm of an 800-year-old Andean mummy.

An 800-year-old mummy displays unique facial tattoos with rare mineral ink, offering new insights into ancient South American tattoo practices and cultural identity.

In fact, no other ancient tattoo found in the region so far is comparable to the “S” motif on the mummy’s arm. Given the location of the tattoos on body parts not usually covered by clothing ...

Right cheek of the mummy showing tattoos of three horizontal black lines. | Credit: G. Mangiapane et al. An 800-year-old mummy donated to a museum in Italy a century ago has revealed new clues ...