Researchers Find Intricate Tattoos on a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Woman . A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. By ABC News. May 27, 2016, 12:30 PM.

A mummy of an Egyptian woman dating back to 700 A.D. has been scanned and stripped to reveal a tattoo on her thigh that displays the name of the biblical archangel Michael.

More than 3,000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian woman tattooed her body with dozens of symbols -- including lotus blossoms, cows and divine eyes -- that may have been linked to her religious status ...

Tattoos believed to be the world's oldest figurative body art have been discovered on a pair of well-preserved Egyptian mummies. Talk about ancient hipsters.

Tattoos found at the mummy's neck show several Wadjet eyes — a sign associated with the divine and with protection. Ann Austin More than 3,000 years ago, an ancient Egyptian woman tattooed her ...

Designs and placement of tattoos vary greatly on the 13 Egyptian mummies, which consist of 12 women and one man. A female mummy found in 1891 bore the first known tattoo from ancient Egypt.

Experts in the U.K. have found the world’s oldest figurative tattoos on two ancient Egyptian mummies, one of which is the oldest tattooed female ever discovered. The mummies, which date back to ...

Oldest 'tattoo art' discovered on ancient Egyptian mummies. The world's oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.

Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called Deir el-Medina near the Nile River. Previous research has shown that the town was active from 1550 B.C. to 1070 ...

Some ancient Egyptian mothers got tattoos that were likely meant to protect them during childbirth and during the postpartum period, an analysis of their mummies reveals.

Researchers have discovered the oldest figurative tattoos in the world on the upper arms of two ancient Egyptian mummies, the British Museum said on Thursday.

Experts believe that ancient Egyptian women wore lower back tattoos to protect them during dangerous childbirth. Anne Austin / SWNS. Historically, ...