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

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

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

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

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

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

Scientists analyzed the skin of a 2500-year-old Siberian "ice mummy" and found complex tattoos that are far more ...

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