The first sound I heard upon reaching Buscalan was that of heaving and panting. A group of us had just completed a steep climb to the remote village, which is tucked deep into the undulating mountains ...

A frozen burial site in southern Siberia has just given up one of its oldest secrets — and it was hiding in plain sight, just beneath the skin. Using high-resolution infrared imaging, researchers have ...

More than a dozen mummies of kids with facial tattoos were found at an archaeological site in Christian-era Nubia.

Found high in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991, Ötzi the Iceman had dark skin and eyes and was likely bald. His remarkably well-preserved remains, frozen beneath ice for about 5,300 years, revealed 61 ...

The centenarian had "Jacko 6.4.1912" tattooed on his upper arm. Jack Reynolds of Chesterfield, UK, is now the world's oldest person to receive their first tattoo. The ink was done at local tattoo shop ...