Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on ...

The ancient tattoos, which would have required trained artistry and hours of work, would be difficult for even modern ...

As in modern times, tattooing in ancient Siberia was an art that required formal training and artistic sensibilities, ...

Caspari and his colleagues turned to cutting-edge infrared photography to image in three dimensions the tattoos on the arms ...

Interestingly, the study’s authors noted that the mummy’s right forearm tattoos were more technically proficient and detailed ...

The ornate tattoos of a 2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ have finally been revealed using advanced imaging technology, ...

Tattoos are rare in the archaeological record, because skin rarely survives the centuries. But in the permafrost of the Altai ...

Archaeologists digitally reconstructed tattoos on a 2,500‑year‑old mummy from Siberia, revealing Iron Age artistry and ...

New research into a Central Asian ice mummy has revealed the full details of an Iron Age woman's many intricate tattoos.

A 2500-year-old Siberian “ice mummy” found in the Altai mountains revealed intricate tattoos. The research published in the ...

Imaging suggests that more than one tattooist applied pigment to the hands and forearms of a woman who lived more than two ...

Researchers have discovered a series of tattoos on a woman, believed to have been around 50 at the time of her death.