Digging History Egyptian mummy's symbolic tattoos are 1st of their kind By Mindy Weisberger LiveScience Published May 12, 2016 7:00am EDT | Updated May 12, 2016 5:36am EDT Flipboard ...

Tattoos found on other Egyptian mummies have been of abstract designs -- but this mummy's tattoos were different. ... "Others -- such as snakes placed on the upper arms ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known tattoo art – hidden on an ancient Egyptian mummy which has been on public display at the British Museum for the past 100 years.