The world's oldest tattoos showing figures have been discovered on the arms of two 5,000-year-old Egyptian mummies. Hiding in plain sight, the naturally preserved remains of a man and a woman ...
Infrared image of the male mummy known as Gebelein Man (all images © the Trustees of the British Museum unless otherwise noted) About 5,000 years ago, a young ...
SAN DIEGO — Modern technology is illuminating tattoos on mummified, ancient Egyptians that until now had gone unnoticed. Infrared photography has helped to identify tattoos on seven mummified ...