Tattoos are older than pottery and possibly fire — but where did they really begin? From Ötzi the Iceman’s 61 therapeutic ...

Depending on your background, Egyptian hieroglyph tattoos may be personally meaningful. Once used by Ancient Egyptians as their writing system, the symbols can make for small, intricate tattoos. 8.

The so-called “tramp stamp” isn’t a sign of trashiness — it’s early women’s tradition. A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women were adorned with ...

Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs.

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, tattoos have been found on two 5,000-year-old bodies […] ...

At the New Kingdom site of Deir el-Medina (1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.), researchers Anne Austin and Marie-Lys Arnette have discovered that tattoos on ancient flesh and tattooed figurines from the site ...