Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Anne Austin / SWNS) Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study ...

Thanks to high-tech photography, researchers can now see previously hidden tattoos on ancient Egyptian mummies. Infrared photography was used to help identify tattoos on seven mummified Egyptians ...

SAN DIEGO — Modern technology is illuminating tattoos on mummified, ancient Egyptians that until now had gone unnoticed. Infrared photography has helped to identify tattoos on seven mummified ...