Researchers Unearth 10,600-Yr-Old Spirit Cave Mummy’, Reveal Modern Humans Came to America Earlier Than Thought The genome ...

which expands the degree of artistic development found in South America at this time,” they write. Scientists hope the new technique could lead to improved analysis of tattoos on mummies from ...

Laser scans reveal secrets of mysterious tattoos on 1,200-year-old mummies - Study expands understanding of artistic development in pre-Hispanic South America ...

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Tattoos were a prevalent art form in pre-Hispanic South America, as attested by the discovery ... and bleed over time—a process compounded in mummies by the decay of the body.

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The intricate details of tattoos inked more than 1200 years ago have been made visible by scanning South American mummies with lasers. The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people known as the ...

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After illuminating the mummies with laser-stimulated fluorescence, or L.S.F., an imaging tool that until now had never been applied to tattoos, scientists discovered lines 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru ...

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