Tattoos

For millennia, women adorned their daughters, and sometimes sons, with symbols of belonging and protection. Then the practice vanished—until now.

Filipino tribal tattooist Fang-od Oggay has built an economy on the back of skin art.

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The growing field probes everything from family collections to problematic museum exhibits.

Clues to who the 19th century Frenchman was can be read on his unusually preserved remains.

One woman had 30 images or symbols adorning her body.

They could sharpen our understanding of Pueblo prehistory.

Hidden tattoos captured soldiers' pride and patriotism, but also had a practical use.

Here's what the shapes and symbols on that mummy's arm mean.

Well into her 90s, Apo Whang-Od continues this ancient tradition.

The Razzouk family has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.