Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of ...

That’s my friend Kelsey Baker, she’s a journalist and Marine Corps officer – and the only Marine I know who doesn’t have a single tattoo. It’s her first time in a tattoo parlor, though like many inked ...

Sacramento History Museum brings 'Inked Women' from California's history to town The Sacramento History Museum is presenting the history of California's tattooed women in its new exhibit starting Feb.

Sophomores as well as sailors get inked at Great Lakes Tattoo, but the city's traditional tattoo culture lives on.

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One of the most stubborn misconceptions about tattooing is that it was born in Polynesia and imported to the West by Captain Cook in 1768, then trickled down to the masses over the next century, ...

Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs. The remains of the intricately tattooed body ...

Quincey Reese Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 5:01 a.m. | Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 5:01 a.m. Greensburg tattoo shop owner Nick Christofano has inked himself into the industry history books. After 28 years in ...

It’s 2025 and at this point it’s fair to say that if you don’t have a tattoo yourself, you probably know plenty of people who do have at least one piece of body art. In our modern times, body art, ...