Mummies’ skin glows brightly when scanned by a laser, revealing the fine details of any tattoos on the preserved body part 1. Getting inked has been a tradition for more than 5,000 years ...

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.

The tattoos were not seen on all mummies, suggesting they were restricted to a subset of the population. However, future analysis of new mummy discoveries would be needed to test this theory ...

Tattoos permeate ancient society as far back as Ötzi the Iceman—Europe’s oldest-known human mummy. Whether revolutionizing the field or just adding a tool the toolkit, LSF could help ...

Recent finds contain tattoos with exceptional details, an area that seems to have been grossly underestimated initially. Dr. Li and team believed that any ink dot that appeared on the subject's ...

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 ...

These tattoos are connected to the Chancay culture of coastal Peru. Michael Pittman The technique involves shining a laser onto the mummy so that the skin glows, creating a sharp contrast with the ...

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos, leaving a legacy of ink that spans millennia. Now, modern technology is peeling back the layers of history - literally - by ...