Archaeologists have discovered mummies in Italy preserved for two thousand years. The remarkable find was made after an ancient sarcophagus in the ‘tomb of Cerberus’ in Naples was unsealed.

We find that the preserved skin fluoresced strongly underneath ... far back as Ötzi the Iceman—Europe’s oldest-known human mummy. Whether revolutionizing the field or just adding a tool ...

Mummies of these figures are meticulously preserved and offer crucial historical information. Egyptian mummies are historically important and a popular source of interest for people even today.

Mummies’ skin glows brightly when scanned by a laser, revealing the fine details of any tattoos on the preserved body part 1. Getting inked has been a tradition for more than 5,000 years ...

As head of the Swiss Mummy Project at the University of Zurich, Rühli has been fascinated by the medical insights offered by studying preserved ancient remains from Egypt and elsewhere.

“Tattoos are known to fade and bleed over time and this is compounded in mummies by the decay of the body, inhibiting the ability to examine the original art,” the authors wrote. “Laser-stimulated ...

Called the Chancay, they left behind a wealth of cultural remains, including intricate tattoos that are preserved to this ... After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence ...

Some 1,700 years later, the murderer safe from any temporal justice, the body turned up as a well-preserved mummy in British Columbia’s Vancouver City Museum. For nearly 30 years the little ...

The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark contrast — revealing fine details in tattoos dating to around 1250 A.D. that aren’t visible to the naked eye ...

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

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark ...