Intricate patterns in the tattoos of 1,200-year-old mummies from Peru were revealed using a new laser-based technique. But not everyone […] The post Intricate Patterns In The Tattoos Of 1,200-Year-Old ...

One of the first applications of laser-stimulated fluorescence in anthropology, the tattoos contain lines only 0.1 millimeter ...

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A team of international scientists recently revealed the stunning tattoo work of the Chancay culture—a pre-Columbian people group from the coast of Peru that thrived from 900 to 1500 A.D ...

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The human remains are associated with the pre-Hispanic Chancay culture. Credit A mummified forearm (left) under laser-stimulated fluorescence, revealing hidden details of tattoo designs ...

In the study, published Monday (Jan. 13) in the journal PNAS, researchers looked at more than 100 mummified human remains from the Chancay culture, which inhabited Peru from about A.D. 900 to 1533.

These designs were made up of geometric patterns featuring triangles, similar to those found on Chancay pottery and textiles, he added. Critics of the new study note that Pittman and his ...

Using a newly developed laser technique, an international team of researchers identified the intricate tattoo designs on mummified human remains that date back to Peru’s Chancay culture.

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru. By Becky Ferreira A culture ...

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