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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I’ll have to leave early, as I’m just outside Philly...
In that case, I’d better point out that the Golden Dragon in Needles is, appropriately enough, an acupuncture place, or maybe tattoos. The shop nextdoor appears to be a record store that also sells ice cream.
So I’ll have some ice cream while getting a tatt, and listening to Black Sabbath...
the first tattoo on the lower back, which appeared to show a bowl,
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This was before Depends.
Joe has a tattoo like this.
They didn’t have to call them
They always knew where they were.................
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