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

A new laser-based technique has revealed the intricate details of tattoos on centuries-old mummies in Peru, archaeologists ...

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

Lasers are typically used to remove tattoos from the skin with mixed results. These tight beams of light can also reveal the ...

If tattoos are prone to fading within a single human lifetime, imagine the wear-and-tear on the tattoos of 1,200-year-old ...

According to a Live Science report, paleobiologist Michael Pittman of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and his colleagues ...

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

An international team of researchers introduced a new technique called Introducing Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence, or LSF.

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of ...

Delicately detailed tattoos have been discovered etched onto the bodies of 1,200-year-old mummies uncovered in Peru. Although ...

The research used laser-stimulated fluorescence technology to highlight the body art from Peru’s Chancay culture.