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Scientists found evidence of tattoos while studying female mummies from the Egyptian town of Deir el-Medina...One of the mummies came from a looted tomb and had already been unwrapped. Examining the mummified skin, the researchers came across the first tattoo on the lower back, which appeared to show a bowl, a purification ritual, and the Egyptian god Bes. This god was known for protecting women and children, with a particular focus on childbirth.Because the second mummy was still wrapped, researchers analyzed it via infrared photography... The mummy turned out to be of a middle-aged woman and featured a different tattoo...

DailyMail.com spotted Bobby Crimo's mother Denise Pesina, 48, arriving at her single-family home in Highland Park, Illinois, Wednesday afternoon •Just three hours earlier her son Crimo, 21, had appeared in Lake County Court via Zoom to face seven counts of first-degree murder •Pesina, an alternative healer, angrily refused to answer questions from DailyMail.com about her son and Monday's massacre as she unloaded her car •It was revealed that Crimo went to his mom's house and borrowed her car after the shooting and drove to Madison, Wisconsin •Police said they had no indication that she knew her son was the shooter...

A man has been found guilty of leading a "satanic" sex cult from his home in a small Welsh town. Colin Batley, 48, of Kidwelly, west Wales, presided over a group that preyed on young children and held occult rites. He was found guilty at Swansea crown court of rape and carrying out perverted sexual acts on children and adults. Batley was the self-styled high priest of the group, which operated from a series of homes in a cul-de-sac in the seaside town. He and five other alleged members insisted throughout the five-week trial that no cult had ever existed....