Inked mummies, linking tattoo artists with their ancestors
Inked mummies, linking tattoo artists with their ancestors In a photo provided by Robert Hubner, an ancient North American tattooing tool used by the Pueblo in southeast Utah. Robert Hubner/Washington State University via The New York Times. by Krista Langlois (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- In the 1970s, hunters stumbled upon eight 500-year-old bodies preserved by the Arctic climate near Qilakitsoq, an abandoned Inuit settlement in northwest Greenland. Later, when scientists photographed the mummies with infrared film, they made an intriguing discovery: Five of the six females had delicate lines, dots...
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