When have tattoos been around?

It seems that they have been around since ancient times! Tattoos" as part of the Chinese mystical culture, as early as the Shang and Yin rituals, paint was touched on the body as the embodiment of gods and ghosts.

Tattoos were found on Egyptian mummies in 2000 B.C. Tattoos can be traced back at least 3,500 years in China, where they were used in criminal law, known as the "ink penalty".　Twenty-five hundred years ago, migrating Hawaiians brought tattoos from China to Japan, making tattoos a high art in Japan The first seafarer to bring tattoos back to Europe in 1691 was known as the "Prince of Tattoos", and he had 338 tattoos on his body***.　The discovery of colored tattoos was made by the Maori tribe in New Zealand, and Western sailors brought New Zealand's colorful tattoo culture to Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.　How the tattoos came to the United States is still unknown.