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Photos here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/01/30/scientists-mapped-otzi-icemans-61-tattoos/#.W5xhfS2ZNTZ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-b
by ilamont 8y ago
Photos here:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/01/30/scientists-mapped-otzi-icemans-61-tattoos/#.W5xhfS2ZNTZ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/01/30/scienti...
Not at all like modern tattoos. I wasn't expecting anchors and skulls, but these are very simple and don't appear to have any rounded edges.
- mc32 8y agoWhat's striking to me is that they appear "precise", so it required training and technique. It wasn't some kind of amateur inking.
- saalweachter 8y ago> the tattoos, which were created via small incisions traced with charcoal That makes me assume that each of line was made with a single straight-line cut that was rubbed with charcoal.