Discover the world's oldest cheese found on ancient mummies in China, its connection to gut health, and the history of ...

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 ...

China has identified newly proven oil equivalent reserves of 55.56 million tons in the Tarim Basin, located in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the China Geological Survey said Wednesday.

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark ...

Mummies’ skin glows brightly when scanned by a laser, revealing the fine details of any tattoos on the preserved body part 1. Getting inked has been a tradition for more than 5,000 years, but ...

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 ...

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.

Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies from Peru. It is not clear how the tattoos were created, but they are “of a quality that stands ...

Highly detailed tattoos on Peruvian mummies were made with “special effort” around 1,200 years ago, likely using cactus needles or sharpened animal bones, archaeologists say. Researchers used ...