These tattoo symbols hold deep, hidden meanings. However, not all tattoos have a straightforward meaning. Some symbols are mysterious and shrouded in hidden messages, spiritual connections, or ancient ...

At over 5,000 years of age, these soot-based tattoos push back the evidence for tattooing in Africa by a millennium. BySamia Bouzid Friday, March 2, 2018 NOVA NextNOVA Next The 5,000-year-old tattoos ...

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, ...

Tattooing symbols that represent good luck is a tradition rooted in ancient beliefs. Ancient beliefs suggest that certain symbols inked onto the skin can protect, attract luck, or even connect us to ...

Infants and children in Nubia not only received multiple tattoos, which shocked researchers, but the practice also predated Christianity and survived it. In fact, Christianity didn’t wipe this culture ...

A historic family in the Holy Land preserves an ancient Christian pilgrimage tattoo tradition passed through generations.

Ancient Nubian tattoos on children reshape ideas about belief, care, and the body. Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that children (some barely past infancy) ...

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...

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(CNN) — 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 ...