Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

Ancient Egyptian women sported "tramp stamps" tattoos to protect them during childbirth, new evidence has found. Rather than the derogatory modern meaning attached to inked designs on the lower ...

Research has found that Ancient Egyptian women wore ‘tramp stamp’ tattoos to protect them during childbirth. However, rather than the derogatory modern meaning attached to inked designs on the ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

Reconstruction of the tattoos on one of the mummified women. Black lines represent areas where tattoo ink is observable. Light grey coloration is a reconstruction.