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 ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed an ancient sarcophagus that contained a well-preserved mummy wrapped in linen and wearing an intricately painted gold and blue burial mask. The mummy was ...

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 ...

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 ...

The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

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 ...

Analyzing intricate tattoos found on 1,000-year-old mummies, the team discovered puncture lines between ... on fluorescence emitted from within the target […]. We find that the preserved skin ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.