'It suggests that tattoos were really something for the living with meaning during life, but that they actually did not play much of a role in the afterlife,' said Caspari.
Near-infrared tech reveals stunning leopard tattoos on 2,300-year-old Siberian 'Ice Mummy'.(photo credit: M. Vavulin / Antiquity Publications Ltd.)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF