Tattoos believed to be the world's oldest figurative body art have been discovered on a pair of well-preserved Egyptian mummies. Talk about ancient hipsters. Leslie Katz led a team that explored ...

Tattoos are older than pottery and possibly fire — but where did they really begin? From Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 therapeutic ...

These Egyptian tattoos, she says, were meant for show. "They're in parts of the body that would have been on daily display," she says, adding to what we already know about predynastic fashion.

If you want a timeless Egyptian tattoo design, consider iconic symbols like the Eye of Horus, Anubis, or the intricate hieroglyph. Key takeaways.

A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. Stanford University archaeologist Anne Austin found intricately designed tattoos on the body of a 3,000-year-old woman from ...

A tattoo on the lower torso and legs of a mummified Egyptian woman. (Image credit: Anne Austin/University of Missouri-St. Louis) The new evidence that Austin discovered came from two tombs that ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known tattoo art – hidden on an ancient Egyptian mummy which has been on public display at the British Museum for the past 100 years.. Previously ...

Experts believe that ancient Egyptian women wore lower back tattoos to protect them during dangerous childbirth. Anne Austin / SWNS. Historically, ...

Thanks to high-tech photography, researchers can now see previously hidden tattoos on ancient Egyptian mummies. Infrared photography was used to help identify tattoos on seven mummified Egyptians ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs.

Pictures of animals daubed onto man's arm 5,200 years discovered after new infrared examination ...