The team of researchers have made several trips to the isolated cave to study the ancient, gruesome traditions that once took ...

Analyzing intricate tattoos found on 1,000-year-old mummies, the team discovered puncture lines between 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters wide in patterns reminiscent of details found on Chancay pottery and ...

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Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...

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

Egypt's port authority has agreed to a deal with Swiss logistics company Medlog to finance, design and operate a 250-acre dry port and logistics hub in the 10th of Ramadan City. According to Port News ...

“I want to emphasize the ‘-ish’ part — not to be dry but to increase the number of dry days,” she said. The designation, sometimes also referred to as “sober curious,” has caught on ...

A new study sheds light on tattoo designs found on more than 100 mummies from Chancay culture, a group that lived on the Peruvian coast between roughly 900 and 1500 C.E. Julia Binswanger Daily ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists ... them), funerary masks covering mummies, winged scarabs, funerary ...

Scientists have made an incredible discovery after using lasers on 1,200-year-old mummies. A team of researchers in Peru looked at tattoos on more than 100 mummified bodies from the Chancay ...

Tattoos on mummies degrade over time due to decay and ink bleed, making it difficult to study their original designs.