Languages: English, Spanish Researchers have unveiled long "hidden" and finely detailed tattoo designs on the skin of ancient mummies from Peru, a study reports. Tattoos were a prevalent art form ...

This Christian tattoo, however, is rare because it’s only the second tattoo ever found from medieval Nubia, the other belonging to a 20- to 35-year-old woman with the monogram of the Archangel ...

Lasers are typically used to remove tattoos from the skin with mixed results. These tight beams of light can also reveal the ink that once decorated 1,200-year-old pieces of mummified skin.

Analyzing intricate tattoos found on 1,000-year-old mummies, the team discovered puncture lines between 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters wide in patterns reminiscent of details found on Chancay pottery and ...

His most distinctive tattoo yet is the Jerusalem Cross on his chest. It appears as a large Christian cross surrounded by four smaller crosses in each quadrant. The centuries-old symbol dates back ...