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34+ Ancient Preserved Tattoos Pics. Ancient tattooing had its genesis among the austronesian people. As it sits just under the skin, body art is often lost as a corpse rots away, but in rare cases it remains perfectly preserved several millennia after death.
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Some of the most spectacular tattoos in the ancient world have been found adorning iron age mummies unearthed in the altay mountains of siberia. Ancient and contemporary expressions of identity. As it sits just under the skin, body art is often lost as a corpse rots away, but in rare cases it remains perfectly preserved several millennia after death.
In ancient china, tattoos were associated with criminals since the zhou dynasty (1045 bc to 256 bc).
Ancient ink connects ancient body art traditions to modern culture through indigenous communities and the work of contemporary tattoo artists. Preserved tattoos therefore appears to predate ötzi by around 700 years. Preserved tattoos therefore appears to predate ötzi by around 700. In ancient china, tattoos were associated with criminals since the zhou dynasty (1045 bc to 256 bc).
