Unrecorded artist's female figurine with hair in the “Hathor Style” and markings that appear to be tattoos from Egypt's Middle Kingdom (c. 1850–1750 BCE), faience and paint, 5 inches (12.7 cm) (image ...

ASWAN, Egypt, Feb. 29 (Xinhua) -- In Nubian villages in Upper Egypt's province of Aswan by the Nile River, it is common to see a local or foreign female tourist sitting in front of a Nubian henna ...

Recently, a team of researchers published their study on a medieval Nubian tattoo in Antiquity. The researchers conducted a post-excavation analysis on individuals who had been interred at the Ghazali ...

People around the world have been adorning their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. While one of the most famous ancient tattoo wearers is Otzi the Iceman—the prehistoric man whose 5,300-year ...