One of the first applications of laser-stimulated fluorescence in anthropology, the tattoos contain lines only 0.1 millimeter ...

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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.

The human remains are associated with the pre-Hispanic Chancay culture. Credit A mummified forearm (left) under laser-stimulated fluorescence, revealing hidden details of tattoo designs ...

The researchers examined around 100 mummies from coastal Peru’s Chancay culture – a civilization that flourished before the ...

With a tool often used in the study of dinosaur fossils, scientists uncovered new details in ornate tattoos on the skin of members of the Chancay culture of Peru. By Becky Ferreira A culture ...

The research used laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) technology to highlight the body art from Peru’s Chancay culture.

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Scientists used advanced laser scans to study 1,200-year-old tattoos on mummified individuals from the pre-Columbian Chancay ...