Tigers, stags and a leopard twist around each other, the animals’ stylized and intricate details spread in ink across a woman ...

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

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

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 ...

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

THE intricate tattoos of a 2,500-year-old Siberian “ice mummy” have finally been revealed through high-tech imaging. The ...

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

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

An international team of archaeologists has used high-resolution digital imaging techniques to examine tattoos on a more than ...

A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron ...

The so-called 'ice mummies' of Siberia's Altai mountains are an exception, since their deep burial chambers encased in ...