Legendary Tattooer Bowery Stan Moskowitz Dies at 87
April 14, 2020
Having learned the trade from his father who started tattooing in the 1930s, Moskowitz was a living link to the earliest days of electric tattooing.
Meet the Tattooed King of Denmark
January 6, 2020
Denmark's King Frederick IX was known for his extensive tattoo collection, and now you can grab a peek of the entire thing.
Scientists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Tattoos on Egyptian Mummies
December 2, 2019
Using infrared technology scientists were able to discover previously hidden tattoos on seven mummified individuals
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Holocaust Survivor Married Man Who Tattooed Her ID Number
October 30, 2018
Ludwig "Lale" Eisenberg tattooed Gita Sokolov’s five-digit identification number in Auschwitz. Some say strange coincidence— others say fate.
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New Law Threatens to Destroy Japan’s Tattoo Industry
November 3, 2017
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Portuguese Museum Displays Strips of Tattooed Human Skin
May 19, 2017
It Actually Isn’t as Creepy as It Sounds Although views on tattoos were at their most putrid levels in the early 1990s, plenty of people were still basking in ink.…
Awesome Photos of Tattoo History in the United States
March 8, 2017
Almost everyone has a tattoo now, but it was so much more taboo to get inked one hundred years ago.
Find Out the Meanings Behind These Tattoos!
February 20, 2017
Sometimes it can be awkward to ask about someone's ink—this list makes it so you might not have to!
New Study Shows Earliest Tattoos Were Created With Volcanic Glass Tools
July 8, 2016
Every time a tattoo artist fires up their machine and goes to work they are continuing a tradition of body modification that started thousands of years ago. And while it…
Amazing 3,000-Year-Old Tattooed Mummy Discovered in Egypt
May 9, 2016
A startling discovery has been made by an archaeologist working in Egypt’s famed Valley of the Kings—a mummy with elaborate illustrative tattoos. This is not the first time that a…