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Tattoos have a history that is thousands of years ago, and probably tens of thousands. The earliest evidence of tattoos completely from the skin of a famous mummy known as Ötzi. Iceman is a mummy was found in the glacial ice of the Alps in the early 1990s captured. Originally thought of someone who died a short time, following an investigation that has uncovered more than 5000 years. Among the many interesting things scientists learned about Oetzi, heTattoos were visible on her skin mummified. Instead of the tattoos that we expect in modern times, as symbols, animals and plantlife Ötzi's tattoos were seen mostly by a series of lines. The lines were areas in his body, in which the scientists also found evidence of arthritis or other painful conditions, which it believes to be his tattoos, the drugs rather than ornamental.
Long before that Ötzi was tattooed in the Bronze Age, there is evidence recoveredarchaeological excavations of tattoo probably already implemented in the Upper Paleolithic (38,000 to 10,000 BC). These instruments of red ocher, bone needles and cups containing colored with ocher. Some figures for the same period was discovered designs on her skin, adding further evidence to suggest that these very old people tattooed their skin.
Moving forward in history, we also know that the ancient Egyptians are tattooed. The first tattooed Egyptianwere from the Middle Kingdom Period (2160-1994 BC). The most famous tattooed Egyptian mummy from that moment was a priestess named Amunet, discovered at Thebes. Amunet orderly lines and points in an ornamental pattern on the chest, back tattooed, hip and legs. The tattoos on his back and chest were the models of necklaces, belts and collars that were clearly decorative. The tattoos on her pelvis might increase fertility.
In ancient Rome were not the most tattoosornamental character, but have been used in different ways. Tattoos have been used for people who might otherwise be able to escape or desert track to avoid identification. Slaves, prisoners, gladiators, Christians, and let all the mercenaries were tattooed on those grounds. The soldiers, on the other hand, chose to be tattooed. military tattoos were considered a great source of pride for the Roman soldiers. Soldiers of their tattoos and their legion rank or unit, as well as commemorativeReasons such as important battles or acts of courage. The most common places for tattoos among the Roman soldiers were tattooed on their face and hands, probably because tattoos are easily visible and conveys his meaning quickly, but other areas of the body were often too.
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