Tigers, stags and a leopard twist around each other, the animals’ stylized and intricate details spread in ink across a woman ...

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

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

Archaeologists have used cutting edge techniques to reveal new information about the intricate tattoos of a woman that lived ...

THE intricate tattoos of a 2,500-year-old Siberian “ice mummy” have finally been revealed through high-tech imaging. The ...

An international team of archaeologists has used high-resolution digital imaging techniques to examine tattoos on a more than ...

Interestingly, the study’s authors noted that the mummy’s right forearm tattoos were more technically proficient and detailed ...

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 ...

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

Archaeologists digitally reconstructed tattoos on a 2,500‑year‑old mummy from Siberia, revealing Iron Age artistry and ...

Name: The Pazyryk Swan What it is: An ornamental plush figurine of a swan made from reindeer felt and filled with reindeer wool Where it is from: The Pazyryk Valley in the Altai Mountains of ...