Tattoos made of soot?!
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17469-worlds-oldest-tattoos-were-made-of-soot.html
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A new analysis has apparently found that the world's oldest tattoos were etched in soot.
Scientists analysed the preserved flesh of Ötzi, a 5300 year old Tyrolean iceman, and say the simple tattoos may have served a medicinal purpose, not a decorative one!
Most of the designs, which are of crosses and bands of lines. Alpine climbers discovered Ötzi near the Italian-Austrian border in 1991.
Scientists analysed the preserved flesh of Ötzi, a 5300 year old Tyrolean iceman, and say the simple tattoos may have served a medicinal purpose, not a decorative one!
Most of the designs, which are of crosses and bands of lines. Alpine climbers discovered Ötzi near the Italian-Austrian border in 1991.
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mattbrawn
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That's seriously weird. How could putting soot into your skin have any medicinal purpose?
- 2 years ago
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mattbrawn
