5,000-Year-Old Mummy Is Earliest Known Tattooed Woman
George Dvorsky
Yesterday 1:40pmFiled to: Ancient ink
A new analysis of two ancient Egyptian mummies has uncovered the earliest known examples of “figural†tattoos on human beings—that is, tattoos that are meant to represent a real things, rather than abstract symbols. What’s more, at around 5,000 years old, it’s the earliest evidence of tattoos on a woman.
https://gizmodo.com/5-000-year-old-mummy-is-earliest-known-tattooed-woman-1823425889
