ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—Facial tattoos have been found on the mummified remains of children who lived in Nubia some 1,400 years ago, when Christianity was introduced in the region, Live Science reports.
Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers. This surprising discovery was made during a systematic survey of more than ...