Humans have marked their bodies with hình xăm for thousands of years. These permanent designs—sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate, always personal—have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of punishment. Joann Fletcher, research fellow in the department of archaeology at the trường đại học of York in Britain, describes the history of hình xăm and their cultural significance to people around the world, from the famous " Iceman," a 5,200-year-old Nữ hoàng băng giá mummy, to today’s Maori.
What is the earliest evidence of tattoos?
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