2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals

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2 days ago
Georgina Rannard

An illustration of the tattoo on the woman's right forearm revealed in new scans

Science correspondentHigh-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2,500 year old Siberian "ice mummy" have revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging to produce, according to researchers.

The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.

Archaeologists worked with a tattooist, who reproduces ancient skin decorations on his own body, to understand how exactly they were made.

The tattooed woman, aged about 50, was from the nomadic horse-riding Pazyryk people who lived on the vast steppe between China and Europe.
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Do you have any tattoos?

I have one. I got it in Atlantic City in 1975.