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

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The ...

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These pyramids were built by the rulers of the Nubian civilisation, ancient Egypt's rival ... the world - from the Boston Museum of Fine Art to the Egyptian Museum of Berlin.

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Artificial neural networks are being used to decipher ancient texts, from the classical stalwarts of Greek and Latin to China’s Oracle Bone Script, ancient divination texts written on cattle ...