The world’s oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. ... Tufts of ginger-colored hair can still be seen on his scalp.

Using modern scanning techniques, experts at the British Museum have concluded that Ginger, one of the museum's most popular Egyptian mummies, died a violent death around 5,500 years ago.

Researchers found a tattoo on the upper arm of this Egyptian mummy. He is thought to have lived around 5,000 years ago and was between 18 and 21 years old when he died from a stab wound to the back.

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- The world's oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper ...

The world's oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper arm of a male mummy ...

The world's oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Latest ... Tufts of ginger-colored hair can still be seen on his scalp.