2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals

[littlemissmartypants]

2 days ago
Georgina Rannard

An illustration of the tattoo on the woman's right forearm revealed in new scans

Science correspondentHigh-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2,500 year old Siberian "ice mummy" have revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging to produce, according to researchers.

The intricate tattoos of leopards, a stag, a rooster, and a mythical half-lion and half-eagle creature on the woman's body shed light on an ancient warrior culture.

Archaeologists worked with a tattooist, who reproduces ancient skin decorations on his own body, to understand how exactly they were made.

The tattooed woman, aged about 50, was from the nomadic horse-riding Pazyryk people who lived on the vast steppe between China and Europe.
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❤️pants

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Do you have any tattoos?

I have one. I got it in Atlantic City in 1975.

[Faux pas]

1. WOW!

Very sophisticated for the time

I have no tattoos.

[yellowcanine]

2. Deport the MS-13 gang member!

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Hahaha.

[malaise]

3. Hide it from ahem...

The other ICE😀

[littlemissmartypants]

5. DUzy! 🏆🥇👏

[malaise]

9. Still miss Jeff

& Nance

[littlemissmartypants]

14. ❤️

[Kid Berwyn]

6. Three types of cats attacking hooved thingies.

No tattoos that I know of.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. With incredibly huge antlers...

Who's the person iin the picture?

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Rod Steiger

In the film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man."

He didn't like it when strangers stared, as his "skin illustrations" tended to come alive.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. I read the book. Never saw the movie though. Thanks for the reply. ❤️

[Kid Berwyn]

13. YAMW! Compared to the book, the movie is short and uneven...

...and while Claire Bloom adds beauty, wonder and all the pathos in the world, Steiger marked the film's three stories with relentless and intimidating menace.

"Don't call them tattoos. They're skin illustrations." has stuck with me ever since I heard it.

[mitch96]

15. ""Don't call them tattoos. They're skin illustrations." " It's not a comic book Its a "Graphic Novel"... new speak..nt

[UTUSN]

7. Wow, poor deer in perfect art. I got the mandatory military type before things went mainstream.

I was 20 from a sheltering family background and tatoos were unheard of. In the first year of military was doing the military "manly" things - smoking (tobacco), drinking. But still had upbringing taboo fears. So in the waiting area of the parlour, a young guy came in, all upset complaining, told the tatooist, "I wanted the head of a JAGUAR and this looks like a POSSUM!!!!!!!!!!!!"

I was filled with trepidation and had the cartoon in mind where a character does a long-stretch-of-leg to get out of the scene, but ultimately stayed.

Got an obligatory Navy anchor on the upper arm, but it's sort of small and crowded and just a prison-type outline. I only wear short sleeves, so it's never seen, but my pot belly doesn't allow for going shirtless anyway.

[Aristus]

11. Somehow, I made it through seven years in the Army without getting a single tattoo.

And I was a tank crewman. Tankers are fond of their tattoos.

[Retrograde]

16. That's a very elaborate

and detailed tat!

I don't have any tattoos - my grandfather had some, so I always associate them with old people.