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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

An international research team led by the University of Bern has analysed tattoos on a Siberian glacial mummy that is over ...