An 800-year-old mummy displays unique facial tattoos with rare mineral ink, offering new insights into ancient South American tattoo practices and cultural identity.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

The tattoos used to be invisible to the naked eye - but now, researchers have brought them to light for the first time ...

Archaeological discoveries have revealed that tattooing was practiced in ancient Egypt and Nubia (modern-day Sudan) as early ...

Early Egyptians (prior to about 3100 B.C.) and other ... well out of sync with the seasons due to the 11-day lag. Other ancient calendars, dating to the Sumerians 5,000 years ago, simply divided ...

Tattooing has evolved into a therapeutic ritual, offering emotional release and spiritual grounding. Rooted in ancient ...

T attoos found on the face and arm of an ancient South American mummy are completely unlike any other known examples of ancient body art. Describing the tatts in a new study, researchers say the ...

“The ancient Egyptians needed a major waterway to transport very heavy building materials and workers to the pyramid sites,” Ghoneim says. “So they used this branch like a highway.

Over recent years there has been numerous archaeological findings which are changing the way we understand how the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids. However, none of them are as impressive ...