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Imaging reveals 2k-year-old ice mummy's 'incredibly impressive' tattoos

• dan-robertson 1y ago
  (This article actually has some good illustrations, unlike many pop archaeology articles) I was pretty amazed by these. To my eyes, only the subject makes them look like ancient tattoos rather than something modern. At an intellectual level, I know that in many ways people in the different past were not that different to people of today (in intelligence and some of their basic feelings and desires, for example) but this still surprised me greatly.
• dang 1y ago
  Recent and related: 2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44745441 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44745441 - July 2025 (70 comments)
• holtkam2 1y ago
  It would be badass to get that same tattoo today. To carry the artist’s legacy forward. And also because it still looks cool. Talk about “timeless” artwork