Scientists Chance Upon Rare ‘Christ’ Tattoo On 1,300-Year-Old Human Leg Bone

Scientists Chance Upon Rare ‘Christ’ Tattoo On 1,300-Year-Old Human Leg Bone

A picture of the tattoo taken with a full-spectrum camera (left) and digitally enhanced using … [+] image-processing software. Kari Guilbault Scientists investigating mummified human remains from a cemetery in Sudan recently made a fascinating find: a “Christ” tattoo they say marks only the second evidence of tattooing in medieval Nubia. The tattoo depicts a …

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