WASHINGTON — For more than 5,000 years, humans have adorned themselves with tattoos. In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru ...

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Philistines were very likely of Greek origin, as a new DNA study traces the origins of the ancient villains in the Eastern ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers ... Alps around 3,000 B.C. Many mummies from ancient Egypt also have tattoos, as do remains from cultures around the world. Throughout history, tattoos ...

The Avars, who migrated from the East Asian steppes to Central Europe in the sixth century CE, established themselves among ...

Ancient genomes show integration ... of various disciplines found that genes and culture do not have to match. The latest findings from the European Research Council project HistoGenes emerged from a ...

Archaeologists Unearth Bones from More than 10 Human Skeletons Inside a Cave, Shed Light on Prehistoric Migration Patterns ...

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