This tattoo artist first picked up a needle at the age of seven. Now she's sharing her ancient tattoo culture with a modern audience.

Could Tattoos Still Have Healing Benefits in the Modern Age? While Ötzti provides an ancient example of tattoos, other people from other cultures have also used tattoos for therapeutic purposes.

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

A new study is looking into the mystery of how 5,000 year-old-mummies were tattoed. Researchers are using lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on the mummies from Peru. It ...

Devanagari, the ancient script used for writing Sanskrit and several other Indian languages, has risen to prominence as a preferred choice for tattoos. Its decorative and intricate nature lends ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Tattoos are believed to have been in existence for thousands of years. They were used to mark prisoners, servants and slaves. Ancient Greeks and Romans had them, so did ancient Indians.

"The collaboration of any big museum, be it Indian or foreign, brings attention to my work and helps in my attempt at revival of Indian tattoo culture.

Ranchi, Jan. 7: Tattoo fever could be raging in urban hubs, but the designs on tribals in Jharkhand are what caught the eye of filmmaker Viswamohan Virag. Through his film, Virag has discovered some ...

Sharpened turkey leg bones may have served as tattoo needles between 5,520 and 3,620 years ago, at least a millennium earlier than previously thought.

The dance is a culmination of Pandya’s 13 years of practicing Bharatanatyam, the ancient classical dance native to Southern India that has tethered South Asian people to their history and culture.

Researchers have unveiled long "hidden" and finely detailed tattoo designs on the skin of ancient mummies from Peru, a study reports. Tattoos were a prevalent art form in pre-Hispanic South ...