A closer look showed that the outlines were under the skin, and were likely made using soot from a fire, probably with a needle made from copper or bone. The record for the oldest tattoo is held ...

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whereas the tattoos on the Egyptian mummies were on highly visible areas, designed to be shown off. Antoine says that this it what makes the find so special: It suggests that tattoos were an art form.

A mummy of an Egyptian woman dating back to 700 A.D. has been scanned and stripped to reveal a tattoo on her thigh that displays the name of the biblical archangel Michael. The discovery ...

Until the Deir el-Medina discoveries, tattoos had been found on a total of only six mummified individuals over more than a century of research at ancient Egyptian sites. But infrared photos ...

A portion of an ancient Egyptian mummy buried inside a Luxor tomb in 2014 was covered in tattoos — some symbols so well-preserved, that researchers were able to clearly label them. But ...

At the site, researchers discovered evidence of tattoos on the bodies of Egyptian mummies. The tattoos were likely associated with Bes, the ancient Egyptian god who protected women and children ...

whereas the tattoos on the Egyptian mummies were on highly visible areas, designed to be shown off. Antoine says that this it what makes the find so special: It suggests that tattoos were an art form.