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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tattoos on the arms of a Siberian “ice mummy” who lived 2,500 years ago have been revealed in high detail for the first time.

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

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

Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.