The 'mummies' were discovered in the Nazca desert by ufologist Jaime Maussan in 2017, leading to years of investigations to ...

At the beginning of 2025, an archaeological discovery left the international scientific community astounded. A study published in mid-January in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National ...

In the latest twist to the Peruvian 'mummies' discovery, a team of scientists have found something in the specimens' mouths ...

The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

A mummy, to put it bluntly, is an old dead body. But unlike a skeleton or a fossil, a mummy still retains some of the soft tissue it had when it was alive—most often skin, but sometimes organs ...

Lead researcher Michael Pittman and his team used LSF to analyze body art, which dates back 1,200 years, on mummies from Peru’s Chancay culture. The Chancay lived along the country’s coast ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark ...