The discovery of a pregnant woman’s remains in Ecuador reveals a possible ritual sacrifice tied to Manteño culture.

These tight beams of light can also reveal the ink that once decorated 1,200-year-old pieces of mummified skin. Using a newly developed laser technique, an international team of researchers ...

According to a Live Science report, bioarchaeologist Sara Juengst of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her ...

Scientists used advanced laser scans to study 1,200-year-old tattoos on mummified individuals from the pre-Columbian Chancay culture, which developed along coastal Peru between 900AD and 1533AD.

Recently, a research team analyzed over 100 human mummies living about 1,200 years ago and were able to establish extraordinary insights into historical tattooing procedures. Although some ink ...