Scientists Solve Mystery of 300-Year-Old Mummified ‘Mermaid’ That Was Worshipped for Centuries for Medicinal Properties In ...

One of the more interactive exhibits is the “Chamber of Horrors,” where visitors can test their mettle against a series of ...

Mariia Zelenina tells PEOPLE she was "scared" when the Chinese sturgeon "pounced" on her at China's Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park A Russian mermaid performer, who went viral after a fish in ...

Tattoos were a prevalent art form in pre-Hispanic South America, as attested by the discovery of mummified human remains in the region with preserved skin decoration that date back centuries ...

Called the Chancay, they left behind a wealth of cultural remains, including intricate tattoos that are preserved to this day on the skin of mummified individuals. New details of these tattoos ...

A team of researchers in Peru looked at tattoos on more than 100 mummified bodies from the Chancay culture, which inhabited the region from 900 to 1533. Michael Pittman, a paleobiologist at the ...