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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 members of the Chancay culture of Peru.