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THE HISTORY OF TATTOOS Humans have marked their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. These permanent designshave served as amulets 1, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments 2 and even forms of punishment. (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/tattoo.html)http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/tattoo.html

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EARLIEST EVIDENCE In terms of tattoos on actual bodies, the earliest known examples were for a long time Egyptian and were present on several female mummies dated to C. 2000 B.C.

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EARLIEST EVIDENCE ICEMAN: a frozen mummy found in the Alps said to have lived in Italy around 5,300 years ago was found to have many linear tattoos on his body

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SYMBOLIC TATTOOS

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TATTOOS WITH WORDS

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COLORFUL TATTOOS

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GEOMETRIC SHAPES

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