Tattoos found on a mummy's neck at Funky Cold Deir el-Medina.Anne Austin/University of Missouri-St. Louis, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (2022).
Posted on 12/03/2022 9:49:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Scientists found evidence of tattoos while studying female mummies from the Egyptian town of Deir el-Medina...
One of the mummies came from a looted tomb and had already been unwrapped. Examining the mummified skin, the researchers came across the first tattoo on the lower back, which appeared to show a bowl, a purification ritual, and the Egyptian god Bes. This god was known for protecting women and children, with a particular focus on childbirth.
Because the second mummy was still wrapped, researchers analyzed it via infrared photography... The mummy turned out to be of a middle-aged woman and featured a different tattoo — a wedjat, or eye of Horus, and again an image of the god Bes, but now with a crown of feathers. The scientists also spotted a zigzag line below the other figures that probably depicted a marsh, which was associated with cooling waters used to relieve pain from menstruation or childbirth, as the researchers deduced from ancient medical texts...
The site also contained three clay figurines with tattoos of the god Bes on women’s lower back and upper thighs...The oldest tattoosIf you're wondering what the oldest figurative tattoos are (depicting objects or beings rather than geometric shapes) -- those also hail from ancient Egypt. In a 2018 study, scientists used infrared imaging to determine that a pair of 5,000-year-old mummies from the once-existing city of Gebelein were tattooed.
The male mummy featured images of a Barbary sheep and a wild bull with horns (likely symbolizing strength and bravery), while a female mummy had a design that looked like the batons utilized in rituals. The researchers concluded that the tattoos were made by inserting ink under the skin, likely using a copper needle or bone and soot from a fire.
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Tattoos found on a mummy's neck at Funky Cold Deir el-Medina.Anne Austin/University of Missouri-St. Louis, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (2022).
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The ancient world didn't have autoclaves, so, one must wonder, how many picked up a serious infection back then?
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Ancient Egyptian babes had tramp stamps.
Hot.
Egyptian tramp stamps!
She’s never going to get a decent job with that neck tattoo. Did the Egyptians even have turtlenecks?
A bit of a repeat is right — “Interesting Engineering” is another garbage clickbait regurgation site. From 2018:
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They shaved their heads and wore long wigs.
Egyptian women had tramp stamps?...
Even then, the tattoo parlor screwed around with the meanings of the hieroglyphs they’d ink in.
You’re late! ;^)
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Not even second.
I should know better than to post that without checking the existing posts.
Lots of smartasses like myself around here...
Our next meeting is going to be at Golden Dragon, btw.
I live near three “Golden Dragons”...
Is the secret code “The crow caws at midnight.”?
“Tattoo” is a Polynesian term. What did the ancient Egyptians call their tattoos?
Interesting. So the USA is not the first culture where women ruined their appearance by having garbage/cartoons inked into their skins.
Utat? Wait, no, that’s Star Trek...
It’ll be the Golden Dragon in Needles. Long drive up there...
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