Where did tattoos first originate?

The word tattoo comes from the local language "talu" in Pacific Tahiti, and the English name "Tattoo" evolved from talu.

Tattoos have a long history, and its emergence, evolution and development have gone through a long process. A large number of research reports, cultural relics and literature records in archaeology, anthropology and folklore also show that tattoos have a long history as body decoration.

Archaeologists say that as early as 2000 BC, mummies found in ancient Egypt had tattoos on their bodies and parallel lines on their bellies. Mummies with this tattoo were also found in ancient tombs in Siberia, dating back to 300 BC.

"Venus of Randolph" is a stone statue in Paleolithic Europe, and the trace of red pattern on her body is the portrait of the painted human body. Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian known as the father of western historiography, wrote in Zuo Qi Notes that "a person without tattoos is not a good family".

Herodotus lived around 484-425 BC. It is known that tattoos were also very popular in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago, and became a symbol of upper-class birth. When Julius Caesar made an expedition to the British Isles in 54 BC, he also described the fact that local natives practiced tattoos.

Modern tattoos are actually based on the discovery of james cook, and the backward clans and clans still preserved in modern Australia, Polynesia, Cronia, Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, which aroused many people's enthusiasm for tattoos and triggered the revolution of modern tattoo art.

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Ancient significance

There are many reasons for ancient tattoos, which are also very complicated. Different places have different customs. As early as the primitive human period, the ancients at that time would draw lines on their bodies and faces with white mud or fuel. Its function is to beautify itself and scare the enemy.

Primitive people first painted their bodies with clay, grease or plant juice because they thought it was good for their health. For example, in ancient China, people would coat their bodies with whipped cream to keep out the cold in winter. Later, they gradually found it beautiful to paint the body like this, so they painted the body for aesthetic pleasure.

Scars left by fighting and hunting injuries are regarded by women as symbols of brave and magnificent men, which will also make residual decoration popular. More primitive people painted some animals on their own skin-considered as totems of their tribal ancestors. Once tattoo is established as a symbol of the full membership of this clan, it becomes a system.

As for some ancient books, "tattoo to avoid dragon harm" is another custom concept. It is estimated that in the Stone Age about14,000 years ago, there were mummies more than 4,000 years ago in the Egyptian pyramids, and there were obvious tattoos carved on men and women. Tattoos are defined as the interpretation of their social class and tribal alliance.

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