Archaeologists have discovered never-before-seen tattoos on an 800-year-old mummy using advanced infrared analysis techniques. The well-preserved female mummy, held at the Museum of Anthropology and ...

Radiocarbon analysis revealed that the mummy was over 800 years old. She lived sometime between 1215 and 1382CE. Researchers used two new infrared analysis techniques to look for any tattoos not ...

Archaeologists have found never-before-seen tattoos on the cheeks and arms of an 800-year-old Andean mummy, shedding more light on ancient cultural practices in South America. Humans have adopted ...

Archaeologists have found never-before-seen tattoos on the cheeks and arms of an 800-year-old Andean mummy, shedding more light on ancient cultural practices in South America. Humans have adopted body ...

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 ...

While humans have been inking ourselves for millennia, according to researchers, the tattoos on this mysterious mummy are unique in several ways. The left cheek was not as well preserved as the ...

Anthropologists and archaeologists from the University of Turin in Italy discovered unusual facial tattoos while examining the remains of an approximately 800-year-old South American female mummy ...

Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special black ink. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our ...

Researchers analyzing the remains of an approximately 800-year-old female mummy, housed in the Italian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, have uncovered unusual tattoos on her face that differ ...