Egyptian mummies, hidden tattoos and the archaeologist who experiments on himself
ABCArchaeologist Renee Freidman couldn't believe her eyes. The s-shaped tattoos of Gebelein Woman "It gives us a whole new medium for exploring the motifs used in the predynastic period," Dr Freidman said. "Infrared radiation is heat radiation, and it's very difficult to properly image the mummies without simultaneously cooking them," said Aaron Deter-Wolf, prehistoric archaeologist and author of Ancient Ink: The Archaeology of Tattooing. " "When you consider that it might have also been a death sentence —there were no antibiotics if you got an infection — it was a big deal to be tattooed then," Dr Friedman said. Aaron Deter-Wolf hand tattooed a copy of a tattoo found on the oldest tattooed mummy, Otzi the Iceman "It turns out that even dead pig and live humans result in the same use-wear pattern," he said.
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