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.

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These Egyptian tattoos, she says, were meant for show. "They're in parts of the body that would have been on daily display," she says, adding to what we already know about predynastic fashion.

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Earliest Ancient Egyptian Tattoos Found on Mummies. The 5,000-year-old mummies have tattooed images of sheep, bulls, and mysterious lines. By Sarah Gibbens. March 1, 2018 ...

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Researchers Find Intricate Tattoos on a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Woman . A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. By ABC News. May 27, 2016, 12:30 PM.

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