Tattoos are older than pottery and possibly fire — but where did they really begin? From Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 therapeutic ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs.

Detail of a medical treatise from the Tebtunis temple library with headings marked in red ink ESRF / The Papyrus Carlsberg Collection When ancient Egyptians put pen to paper—or, more accurately ...

The oldest fossilized pigment ever found has been discovered inside the preserved ink sacs of an ancient cuttlefish ancestor. The ink sacs belonged to a cephalopod, the group that includes squid ...

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An international team of scientists used high-energy x-rays to analyze 12 fragments from ancient Egyptian papyri and found lead compounds in both the red and black inks used. According to their ...

Until recently, it was assumed that the ink used for writing was primarily carbon-based at least until the fourth and fifth centuries AD. But in a new University of Copenhagen study, analyses of ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen revealed that the brownish colour that shows up in many papyrus scrolls from ancient Egypt came from copper-infused ink, as opposed to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The debate about the world’s oldest tattoos is over—they belong to Ötzi, the European Tyrolean Iceman who died and was buried beneath an Alpine ...

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An international team of scientists used high-energy X-rays to analyze 12 fragments from ancient Egyptian papyri and found lead compounds in both red and black inks used.