Technology reveals the secrets of ancient Egyptian tattoos [a bit of a repeat]

Interesting Engineering ^ | December 02, 2022 | Paul Ratner

[SunkenCiv]

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).

[SunkenCiv]

Relevant selections from three or four relevant keywords, sorted:

• 2,000-year-old tattoo needle identified by archaeologists [Utah] [03/25/2019]
• World's 'oldest' tattooing kit discovered in a box years after it was thought to be lost [03/10/2019]
• Mystery of 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy with 'magical' tattoos solved [10/25/2018]
• What Does the Bible Say About Getting Tattoos? [10/22/2018]
• What Otzi the Iceman's Tattoos Reveal About Copper Age Medical Practices [09/21/2018]
• Egyptian mummy bears tattoo of a Christian saint [07/30/2017]
• Holy Tattoo! A 700-year Old Christian Tradition Thrives in Jerusalem [07/10/2017]
• Getting a Medieval Tattoo in Jerusalem [09/12/2016]
• The Iceman's Stomach Bugs Offer Clues to Ancient Human Migration [01/07/2016]
• Anthropologists Have Mapped All 61 Tattoos On Ötzi The Iceman [01/29/2015]
• 1,300-year-old Egyptian mummy had tattoo of St. Michael [04/01/2014]
• 1,300 year-old mummy and her intimate tattoo [03/28/2014]
• Tattoo Discovered on Ancient Egyptian Mummy [03/24/2014]
• Ice-Maiden Returns to Siberia (more tattoos) [08/25/2012]
• Siberian Princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos [08/16/2012]
• For Jews, tattoo yearning pits pride against faith [07/28/2008]
• Tattoos - The Ancient And Mysterious History [01/03/2007]
• Archaeologists Find 2,500-Year-Old Mummy In Mongolia, Tattos And All (Blonde Headed Scythian) [08/25/2006]
• St Pete Researchers Find Tattoos On Ancient Siberian Mummies [03/29/2005]

[SunkenCiv]

The ancient world didn't have autoclaves, so, one must wonder, how many picked up a serious infection back then?

• A bloody tattoo death [03/19/2006]
• 2 San Diegans Diagnosed With Infections After Getting Tattoos [06/03/2014]
• Man dies from flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with new tattoo [06/02/2017]
• Man died after tattoo on leg became infected [03/14/2009]
• Man Dies Getting 'Last Rites' Tattoo [10/15/2005]
• If you tattoo, it's on you (Kid dies from tattoo) [08/28/2003]

[SunkenCiv]

Some detritus:

• 'Dragon Girl' who spent $120k on extreme body modifications reveals her latest addition - despite vowing to stop after getting her eyeballs tattooed and going BLIND [07/27/2020]
• Screwed-Up People Who Really Screwed-Up Their Face (Disturbing Body Modifications) [03/19/2015]

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• Ariana Grande Tries And Fails To Fix Botched Japanese Tattoo [02/02/2019]
• Think Before You Ink: Hilarious Tattoo Howlers [10/26/2013]
• Please Remove My Nonsensical Asian Tattoo [05/08/2006]
• Chinese Character Tattoos: Lost in Translation (Audio) [01/18/2006]
• Bullet that killed man strikes next to 'Why me' tattoo [11/18/2005]

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• Media Matters Hires Fake Fact-Checker Who Falsely Maligned a War Hero [07/24/2018]
• New Yorker fact-checker under fire after mistaking ICE worker's tattoo for Nazi symbol [06/19/2018]
• 'Eyeball' man sentenced for shooting officer [01/03/2015]
• SI airbrushed Patrick's tattoo (American Flag) out of Swimsuit issue [02/19/2009]

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• Bill Gates and MIT Unveil Quantum Dots to Mark Children [03/03/2021]
• Facial recognition technology can expose political orientation from naturalistic facial images [01/14/2021]
• 'Missing the mark': Ex-Warren staffers face outrage over campaign tattoos eerily similar to Holocaust concentration camp numbers [03/11/2020]

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• Why You're About to See a Lot More Women With This Tattoo (Coat hangers) [10/12/2018]
• Planned Parenthood Supporters Get Tattoos to Show Their Support for Abortion [02/09/2017]

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• Lesbian shows jury photograph of gay rights tattoo on her buttock [08/17/2011]

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• Obama discusses the 'family tattoo' [04/24/2013]
• Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick vetoes ban on purchasing tattoos, manicures, porn with EBT [07/09/2012]
• Thailand says religious tattoos taboo [06/01/2011]
• "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger likes her new skull tattoo [11/07/2010]

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• DOJ: Confederate-flag tattoo is 'evidence of racial animus' [07/30/2016]
• U.S. Marines Reject Recruits with Confederate Flag Tattoos! [05/06/2010]
• U.S. Marines boot recruits with Confederate tattoos [05/05/2010]
• U.S. Marines boot recruits with Confederate tattoos [05/04/2010]

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• Starstruck no more! Young Belgian woman finally has 56 star tattoos removed from her face.... [06/01/2013]
• Not a Superstar: Teen 'Scarred' by 56 Tattoos Admits She Lied [06/23/2009]
• 'I lied about tattoo blunder because my father was furious': girl with 56 stars on face comes clean [06/23/2009]
• I'll pay for half those star tattoos to be removed... [06/18/2009]
• I'll help pay to get tattoos removed, says tattooist in row with teen who said she wanted three... [06/17/2009]
• Scarred For Life: The Teen Who Asked For THREE Stars on Her Face & Ended Up With A Constellation [06/16/2009]
• The teenager who asked tattooist for THREE stars on her face and ended up with FIFTY-SIX [06/16/2009]

[Drew68]

tattoo on the lower back

Ancient Egyptian babes had tramp stamps.

Hot.

[notdownwidems]

Egyptian tramp stamps!

[Boogieman]

She’s never going to get a decent job with that neck tattoo. Did the Egyptians even have turtlenecks?

[SunkenCiv]

A bit of a repeat is right — “Interesting Engineering” is another garbage clickbait regurgation site. From 2018:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3699868/posts

[SunkenCiv]

They shaved their heads and wore long wigs.

[EEGator]

Egyptian women had tramp stamps?...

[SunkenCiv]

Even then, the tattoo parlor screwed around with the meanings of the hieroglyphs they’d ink in.

[SunkenCiv]

You’re late! ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

possible additional topics:

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https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/archaeologists-map-lost-medieval-town/145417

A428 Dig: Evidence of Iron Age feast discovered
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63807328

Archaeology breakthrough as stunning evidence of 2,000-year-old Iron Age feast unveiled
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1704298/archaeology-a428-bedfordshire-iron-age-black-cat-roundabout

Archaeology: Owl-shaped plaques may have been on Copper Age children’s wish list
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1704298/archaeology-a428-bedfordshire-iron-age-black-cat-roundabout

Mysterious 5,000-year-old Owl-like Plaques May Have Been Ancient Toys
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/mysterious-5000-year-old-owl-like-plaques-may-have-been-ancient-toys/145406

New discoveries in Barikot overwhelm archaeologists
https://www.dawn.com/news/1723869

Large Neolithic Structure Unearthed in Central China
https://www.archaeology.org/news/11013-221202-china-neolithic-structure

Archaeologists find ancient house ruins in Henan
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202212/03/WS638ab45aa31057c47eba2748.html

Large Funerary Building And Fayoum Portraits From The Ptolemaic And Roman Period Discovered
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/12/large-funerary-building-and-fayoum-portraits-from-the-ptolemaic-and-roman-period-discovered/145401

[EEGator]

Not even second.

I should know better than to post that without checking the existing posts.
Lots of smartasses like myself around here...

[SunkenCiv]

Our next meeting is going to be at Golden Dragon, btw.

[EEGator]

I live near three “Golden Dragons”...

Is the secret code “The crow caws at midnight.”?

[chajin]

“Tattoo” is a Polynesian term. What did the ancient Egyptians call their tattoos?

[rod5591]

Interesting. So the USA is not the first culture where women ruined their appearance by having garbage/cartoons inked into their skins.

[SunkenCiv]

Utat? Wait, no, that’s Star Trek...

[SunkenCiv]

It’ll be the Golden Dragon in Needles. Long drive up there...

https://www.sbsun.com/2019/06/24/needles-declared-itself-a-2nd-amendment-sanctuary-city-wants-exemption-to-some-state-gun-laws/