Archaeologists have used cutting edge techniques to reveal new information about the intricate tattoos of a woman that lived in Siberia during the Iron Age.

A rchaeologists have used new high-resolution digital imaging to study tattoos on a 2,300-year-old “ice mummy” from Siberia’s Pazyryk culture. The technology allowed them to move beyond old drawings and study the craftsmanship behind the ancient body art for the first time.

New research into a Central Asian ice mummy has revealed the full details of an Iron Age woman's many intricate tattoos.