These Egyptian tattoos, she says, were meant for show. "They're in parts of the body that would have been on daily display," she says, adding to what we already know about predynastic fashion.

Thanks to high-tech photography, researchers can now see previously hidden tattoos on ancient Egyptian mummies. Infrared photography was used to help identify tattoos on seven mummified Egyptians ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, tattoos have been found on two 5,000-year-old bodies […] ...

Earliest Ancient Egyptian Tattoos Found on Mummies. The 5,000-year-old mummies have tattooed images of sheep, bulls, and mysterious lines. By Sarah Gibbens. March 1, 2018 ...

Researchers Find Intricate Tattoos on a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Woman . A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. By ABC News. May 27, 2016, 12:30 PM.

More than 3,000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian woman tattooed her body with dozens of symbols — including lotus blossoms, cows and divine eyes — that may have been linked to her religious ...

Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called Deir el-Medina near the Nile River. Previous research has shown that the town was active from 1550 B.C. to 1070 ...

At the New Kingdom site of Deir el-Medina (1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.), researchers Anne Austin and Marie-Lys Arnette have discovered that tattoos on ancient flesh and tattooed figurines from the site ...

The two well-preserved mummies from Egypt's Gebelein site – a male and a female — have been in the British Museum's collection for more than 100 years. But thanks to new technology ...

The two well-preserved mummies from Egypt's Gebelein site – a male and a female — have been in the British Museum's collection for more than 100 years. But thanks to new technology, archaeologists ...