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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 ...

Lower back tattoos may seem like an early 21st century ... and that "images of pregnant women are extremely rare in Egyptian art." Because childbirth and fertility of the soil were linked in ...

At the site, researchers discovered evidence of tattoos on the bodies of Egyptian mummies. The tattoos were likely associated with Bes, the ancient Egyptian god who protected women and children ...

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A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women were adorned with lower back tattoos to protect themselves and others during childbirth. The hypothesis comes after ...

PHILADELPHIA (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 ...