Centuries-old mummified remains from pre-Hispanic South America demonstrate the widespread practice of tattooing. Tattoos ...

A new study sheds light on tattoo designs found on more than 100 mummies from Chancay culture, a group that lived on the ...

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

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate, hidden tattoos on 13th-century Peruvian mummies, revealing details of ancient ...

A team of scientists from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London became the first researchers to utilize a ...

The woman, known as the Lady of Cao, belonged to the Moche culture in northern Peru and died 1,700 years ago. Her preserved remains were found in 2006 at a mud-brick ruined pyramid known Huaca Cao ...

Art and location of the Chancay culture. (A) Drawing of a human ceramic figure depicted with body art similar to the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...