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…
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September 15, 2015
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Take a Step Back Into Tattooing’s Past
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Women’s Ink
March 4, 2014
This Thursday, March 6th, Bodies of Subversion author Margot Mifflin and INKED contributor Marissa Kakoulas are hosting a panel discussion with the leading ladies of tattooing. Roxx, Virginia Elwood, and Stephanie…
Remarkable Vintage Tattoos
December 3, 2013
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The Many Sides of the Swastika
November 14, 2013
Would you ever get a swastika tattoo? In the last 70 years the symbol has been associated with the unthinkable destruction Adolf Hitler and the Nazis inflicted upon the world,…