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.

Archeologists uncovered what is likely the oldest mummy ever discovered in Egypt on Thursday. Archaeologists discovered the 4,300-year-old Hekashepes near the Step Pyramid wrapped in gold leaf.

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.