Health and beauty

We know that almost all cultures throughout history have subscribed to some form of body art or body manipulation, and for many, thisincluded tattoos. Pre-Biblical Over the last 150 years, archaeologists have unearthed several mummified remains marked with tattoos: In 1991, the frozen, well- preserved body of a Siberian ” Iceman” was discovered in the Alps. More than 5,000 years old, the body had 57 tattoos. In 1948, a Russian archaeologist who was excavating a group of tombs found the mummy of a Scythian [...]

  The body art of tattooing mainly involves the procedure of injecting one or more pigments into the dermis, the layer of connective tissue that lies just below the epidermis. After the pigment is injected into the skin, the immune system’s phagocytes get activated in the epidermis and upper dermis, swallowing up the pigment particles. [...]

  Exotica for the upper classes               In the 18th century merchant sailors returning from voyages in the South Seas acquired tribal skin art in lieu of postcards or souvenirs. Members of the British aristocracy traditionally took to the sea, and returned with tattoos as well. The first western tattooists set up shop [...]