| Create Your OWN Special Tattoo Designs!! Tattoo Design Software Design Your Own Tattoos Easily Do you want to create a unique tattoo that only you will have? Check Out Tattoo Director ! A History Of Tattoos The history of tattoo goes back over 5000 years, though it is not known as to when tattooing really began. The oldest tattoo was discovered in 1991 on a 5,300 year old mummy, known as Oetzi, an Iceman. Interestingly, the tattoos on the body of this mummy comprised of horizontal and vertical lines, believed to have been done for medicinal purposes. The body had 57 tattoos in all, located over the various joints. These are the very same sites that are used for acupuncture these days, and it appears that the mummy underwent such treatment to get relief from joint pains. Before the mummy of Oetzi was found in 1991, the Russians discovered bodies in an excavation which are believed to be 2,400 years old. These bodies were found in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, and it was found that instead of the horizontal and vertical lines as found on Oetzi, the tattoos were in the form of animals, both in the real and imaginary forms. Some of these were meant to be decorative, while the others appeared to be symbols of status rank. Tattoos are generally created in the body by inserting colors under the surface of the skin, and it is believed that the earliest tattoo was created by accident. A wound could have been rubbed by hand which was dirty with soot and ashes, and when the wound dried up it left a permanent mark. >>Read more... |
