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.

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.