Laser scans reveal secrets of mysterious tattoos on 1,200-year-old mummies - Study expands understanding of artistic ...

The researchers believe the tattoos are so fine that they must have been made using a needle and ink technique with a cactus needle or sharpened animal bone, rather than a “cut and fill” method.

Modern tattoo enthusiasts with access to numbing creams and electric machines might not appreciate the painstaking effort ...

Some of the tattoos that the artists inked for free were simple human patterns. If somebody got many tattoos made, the ...

The team inspected more than 100 mummified individuals from the Chancay culture - a civilisation that began mass producing ...

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

So spare a thought for these mummies – whose intricate designs were likely etched on using cactus needle spikes and sharpened animal bones. Researchers have used lasers to reveal highly detailed ...

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