The music isn’t playing in Roxbury’s Nubian Square just yet. But as the song goes, the best is yet to come. A long-envisioned jazz club has secured $2.46 million in financing to open in a city-owned ...

Getting a tattoo can be a thrilling, albeit painful, experience. About one-third of Australians have a tattoo, with many getting inked as a rite of passage. However, a small but increasing number of ...

While tattoos continue to become ever more prevalent, recent years have brought a steady drumbeat of scientific studies linking tattoo ink to an elevated cancer risk—findings that might give you pause ...

An eye condition linked to tattoos has been recorded among 40 people in Australia Anastassiya Bezhekeneva/Getty Forty people in Australia have been diagnosed with an eye condition called ...

Tattoo shops around Austin are known to offer Friday the 13th deals throughout the year, and the first event of 2026 is here. Tattoo lovers will have two months in a row to enjoy Friday the 13th deals ...

Excavations at Old Dongola, the capital of the Christian Kingdom of Makuria, uncovered the remains of a massive cathedral. The structure reveals the scale, wealth, and political influence of Nubian ...

If your New Year’s resolution is to experiment with your style in 2026, perhaps these tattoo styles might inspire your next creative outlet. Like jewelry, nail polish, makeup, and piercings, tattoos ...

State-of-the-art technology enabled researchers to determine that the arrival of Christianity in Nubia didn’t bring an end to a local tradition of tattooing. It inspired innovation and evolution ...

From minimalist wrist designs to full sleeves, body art has become so common that it barely raises an eyebrow. But while the personal meaning of a tattoo may be obvious, the biological consequences ...

Nubian pyramids. Credit: Flickr / NinaR CC BY 2.0 A rare discovery from medieval Nubia is reshaping how scholars understand faith, childhood, and identity in early Christian Africa. Researchers say ...

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—Facial tattoos have been found on the mummified remains of children who lived in Nubia some 1,400 years ago, when Christianity was introduced in the region, Live Science reports.