Usually, a dark or black pigment ... 5,000-year-old tattoos from Ancient Egypt I Curator's Corner S3 Ep 6 #CuratorsCorner Tattoo on the arm of a Pazyryk tribal chief, Altai Mountains, 5th century ...

The world’s oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt. Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper arm of a male mummy ...

Just as those seeking tribal tattoos 20 and 30 years ago were drawn to the aesthetics of an exoticized, ancient culture ... but now the art is a little looser and tattoo artists can do “whatever ...

Centuries before rockstars and celebrities, tattoos were used by tribal ... art tattoo guns and ink used today, the Apatanis used thorns to cut the skin and soot mixed in animal fat for the dark ...

The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

Despite originating about four years ago in the New York City tattoo ... of body art. Echoing the allure of futuristic design during the early 2000s and pairing it with the ancient mysticism ...

"It can take 15 minutes, but I've also done pieces that took eight hours over two days," said Ryan Ouellette, a body-modification artist who owns Precision Body Arts in Nashua, New Hampshire.

The Filipino art of tattooing, or batok, may not be as well known as the Polynesian or Maori tribal tattoo traditions, but after nearly being lost in the late 19th century, it's experiencing a ...

Tattoos depicting a wild bull and a Barbary sheep were found on the upper arm of a male mummy ... A sign of status, magical power or just art? Antoine says that the animals on the man, especially ...