Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

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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.

A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women wore lower back tattoos to protect them during childbirth.

Researchers found a tattoo on the upper arm of this Egyptian mummy. He is thought to have lived around 5,000 years ago and was between 18 and 21 years old when he died from a stab wound to the back.

The tattoos were found on a pair of mummies dating back about 5,000 years, one a female with "S" shaped curves on the shoulder, the other a male with a wild bull and Barbary sheep tattoo ...

Researchers Find Intricate Tattoos on a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Woman A Stanford archaeologist says they had religious and symbolic purposes.

Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

The world’s oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.

The world’s oldest figurative tattoos have been discovered on two 5,000-year-old mummies from Egypt.