A new study is looking into the mystery of how 5,000 year-old-mummies were tattoed. Researchers are using lasers to uncover ...

The mummies, belonging to a pre-Hispanic people ... “We therefore plan to apply the method to other ancient tattoos from cultures around the world to try and make other interesting discoveries ...

The two mummies, one man and one woman ... It is thought that the ancient tattoo artists would have used a needle-like implement to push material like soot underneath the top layer of skin ...