Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs ... a mustache-like set of black dots under his nose. That idea has since been debunked; more ...

TATTOOS have been around for more than 5,000 years, with everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to the ... She was surrounded by gold ornaments and symbols of power that led scientists to believe ...

A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient ... “sympathetic magic,” activated only when all of the women involved during childbirth bore similar tattoos.

Scarring from tattooing, called keloids, occurs more frequently on dark skin. It happens when tattoo artists press harder or ...

Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back ... the birth mother and surrounding midwives may have worn tattoos to elicit “sympathetic magic.” The Egyptian Goddess Hathor, linked to fertility ...