Gebelein man A, previously known by the nickname "Ginger" because of his surviving red hair, is pictured here. Trustees of the British Museum. The mummies were unearthed in the Egyptian desert ...

The mummies are two of seven predynastic ones known as the Gebelein mummies, eponymously named for the southern region of Upper Egypt where they were buried in shallow graves.

The two inked Gebelein mummies, however are not the earliest evidence of tattoos. The oldest tattoos were found on the body of Ötzi the Iceman , an approximately 5,300-year-old Neolithic mummy ...

Gebelein Man A's tattoo seen under infrared light. The British Museum. The mummies, one male and one female, hail from a town once called Gebelein, located along the Nile in an area so hot and dry ...

She analyzed seven mummies and found tattoos on two of them — the naturally mummified Gebelein Man A and Gebelein Woman, which date to about 3351 B.C. to 3017 B.C.

The male mummy, known as Gebelein Man A, has been on display since his discovery around 100 years ago. Previous CT scans showed that Gebelein Man A was around 18-21 when he died from a stab wound ...

Tattoos on the Pre-dynastic female mummy from Gebelein. The Trustees of the British Museum Two ancient Egyptian mummies known as “Gebelein Man A” and “Gebelein Woman” have been on display ...

The two well-preserved mummies from Egypt's Gebelein site – a male and a female — have been in the British Museum's collection for more than 100 years.

The mummies, known officially as “Gebelein Man A” and “Gebelein woman,” named after the town in the southern part of Upper Egypt, near Luxor, where they were first discovered, ...

The mummies, known officially as "Gebelein Man A" and "Gebelein woman," named after the town in the southern part of Upper Egypt, near Luxor, where they were first discovered, ...