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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The Chancay culture flourished along the central coast of Peru some thousand years ago ... textiles, and rock art. This suggests the Chancay people invested significant effort and skill in ...