A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. Stanford University archaeologist Anne Austin found intricately designed tattoos on the body of a 3,000-year-old woman from ...

Tattoos believed to be the world's oldest figurative body art have been discovered on a pair of well-preserved Egyptian mummies. Talk about ancient hipsters. Leslie Katz led a team that explored the ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than 3,000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian woman tattooed her body with dozens of symbols — ...

We often think of tattoo art as a relatively new phenomenon but evidence of tattoos on humans dates back several thousands of years. Now, the discovery of artistic tattoos on an two Egyptian mummies ...

Experts in the U.K. have found the world’s oldest figurative tattoos on two ancient Egyptian mummies, one of which is the oldest tattooed female ever discovered. The mummies, which date back to ...

The two well-preserved mummies from Egypt's Gebelein site – a male and a female — have been in the British Museum's collection for more than 100 years. But thanks to new technology, archaeologists ...

Archaeologist Renee Freidman couldn't believe her eyes. She was pointing a digital infra-red camera at a 5,500-year-old Egyptian mummy on display at the British Museum. "I said, 'Mmm, there's a smudge ...

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Tattoos found at the mummy's neck show several Wadjet eyes — a sign associated with the divine and with protection. Tattoos found at the mummy's neck show several Wadjet eyes — a sign associated with ...