A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes. Stanford University archaeologist Anne Austin found intricately designed tattoos on the body of a 3,000-year-old woman from ...

Ancient Egyptian women wore lower back tattoos for childbirth ‘magic’ Historians believe mothers and surrounding midwives may have worn tattoos as part of a ‘goddess cult’ ...

If you want a timeless Egyptian tattoo design, consider iconic symbols like the Eye of Horus, Anubis, or the intricate hieroglyph. Key takeaways. ... Goddess Isis. The goddess Isis ...

A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women wore lower back tattoos to protect them during childbirth. ... goddess of love, beauty, revelry, fertility and pleasure.

Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called Deir el-Medina near the Nile River. Previous research has shown that the town was active from 1550 B.C. to 1070 ...

The figurine was revealed by the Israel Antiquities Authority to be more than 3,000 years old, a model of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. "It was a very stormy day, the waves were high, the weather ...

A woman who claimed to be an Egyptian goddess has been arrested after she demolished a restaurant and attacked police. Emily Thomas Lochten, 26, from Boynton Beach, in Florida, US, was taken into ...

Rihanna clearly keeps abreast of tattoo trends. The R&B tat addict’s latest ink — an Egyptian goddess underneath her breasts — is on one of the hottest spots for female body art, according ...

Research has found that Ancient Egyptian women wore ‘tramp stamp’ tattoos to protect them during childbirth. However, rather than the derogatory modern meaning attached to inked designs on the ...

Ancient Egyptian women sported "tramp stamps" tattoos to protect them during childbirth, new evidence has found. Rather than the derogatory modern meaning attached to inked designs on the lower ...

An Israeli woman found a more than 3,000-year-old statuette of an Egyptian goddess Hathor, while walking on Palmachim beach, south of Tel Aviv. 74-year-old Lydia Marner and her husband were taking ...