Ancient Tattoos

Features November/December 2013

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  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Ceramic Female Figurine

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    (Courtesy Marius Amarie)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Ötzi, the Iceman

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    (Courtesy South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology; Courtesy South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology/Eurac/Samadelli/Staschitz)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Dogu Figurine

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    (Courtesy Iwate Prefectural Museum)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Faience Figurine and Bowl

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    (Gianni Dagli Orti/The Art Archive at Art Resource, NY, Courtesy ©Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, The Netherlands)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Lapita Fragment and Engraving

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    (Private Collection, Prismatic Pictures, The Bridgeman Art Library; Courtesy University of Auckland Anthropology Photographic Archive)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Iron Age Mummy

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    (The State Hermitage Museum)
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    Tarim Basin Mummy

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    (Courtesy Victor Mair)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Red-Figure Vessel

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    (Erich Lessing/ Art Resource, NY)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Moche Mask and Mummy

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    (Courtesy John Verano & Régulo Franco, El Brujo Project)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Head Effigy Pot

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    (Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / Founders Society Purchase with the funds from the Mary G. and Robert H. Flint Foundation)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Hollow Ceramic Figurines

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    (Detroit Institute of Arts/ Founders Society Purchase/ The Bridgeman Art Library)
  • Ancient Tattoos November/December 2013

    Ibaloi Mummy

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    (The Bridgeman Art Library, Gunther C.O. Deichmann)
  • Features November/December 2013

    Vengeance on the Vikings

    Mass burials in England attest to a turbulent time, and perhaps a notorious medieval massacre

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    (Courtesy Thames Valley Archaeological Services)
  • Letter from Bangladesh November/December 2013

    A Family's Passion

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    (Courtesy Reema Islam)
  • Artifacts November/December 2013

    Moche Ceremonial Shield

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    (Courtesy Lisa Trever, University of California, Berkeley)
  • Digs & Discoveries November/December 2013

    An Imperial Underworld

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    (iStockphoto)