Using near-infrared imaging, researchers uncovered extraordinary hand-poked designs of tigers, griffins and tiny roosters on ...

As in modern times, tattooing in ancient Siberia was an art that required formal training and artistic sensibilities, ...

Caspari and his colleagues turned to cutting-edge infrared photography to image in three dimensions the tattoos on the arms ...

The ancient tattoos, which would have required trained artistry and hours of work, would be difficult for even modern ...

The ornate tattoos of a 2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ have finally been revealed using advanced imaging technology, ...

Researchers reconstructed a roughly 2,000-year-old woman’s tattoos, from prowling tigers to a fantastical griffinlike creature.

Tattoos are rare in the archaeological record, because skin rarely survives the centuries. But in the permafrost of the Altai ...

New research into a Central Asian ice mummy has revealed the full details of an Iron Age woman's many intricate tattoos.

A 2500-year-old Siberian “ice mummy” found in the Altai mountains revealed intricate tattoos. The research published in the ...

Researchers have discovered a series of tattoos on a woman, believed to have been around 50 at the time of her death.

High-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2500 year old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging ...

Archaeologists are investigating intricate tattoos found on a prehistoric Siberian woman. Her remains were preserved by permafrost in the Altai Mountains. The study, published in the Antiquity journal ...