“We expect L.S.F. to work on other ancient tattoos from different cultures around the world and have plans to continue this imaging work to uncover similarly exciting discoveries,” Pittman ...

Breaking the Boundaries of 3D Tattoo Art - From traditional tribal marks to photo-realistic ink designs, the development of ...

“We expect L.S.F. to work on other ancient tattoos from different cultures around the world and have plans to continue this imaging work to uncover similarly exciting discoveries,” Pittman ...

Researchers have used laser technology to uncover vivid details of 1,200-year-old tattoos on Peruvian mummies, revealing insights into ancient tattooing practices. These tattoos, created with ...

Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. They reveal fine details in tattoos dating to around 1250 A.D. that aren’t visible to ...

Scientists became the first to use a cutting-edge laser imaging technique, using it to analyze the tattoos on 1,200-year-old Peruvian mummies.

For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.

The oldest known tattoos were found on remains of a Neolithic man who lived in the Italian Alps around 3,000 BC. Many mummies from ancient Egypt also have tattoos, as do remains from cultures ...

Researchers used lasers to uncover intricate tattoo designs on mummies from Peru's ancient Chancay culture. The tattoos, dating around 1250 A.D., reveal geometric shapes visible through non ...

In the hushed darkness of a laboratory, ancient Peruvian tattoos ... with unprecedented precision. The tattoos were likely made with punctures from fine tools, such as cactus needles or sharpened ...

The LSF reveals the fineness of the linework that makes up the scales (inset). (Kaye et al., PNAS, 2025) Although we won't know for sure unless some ancient tattooing tools are recovered, we can make ...

WASHINGTON — For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies ...