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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 ...

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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.

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and his colleagues used an imaging technique called laser-stimulated fluorescence to examine tattoos on the 1,200-year-old mummified remains of individuals from the pre-Columbian Chancay culture ...

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.

Now, modern technology is peeling back the layers of history - literally - by revealing intricate tattoos on the mummified remains of people who lived in Peru centuries ago. In a groundbreaking ...

open image in gallery From left, drawing of a human ceramic figure depicted with body art similar to the mummified remains, example of textile art, location of modern Chancay along the coast of ...