Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia the Tattoed Lady, that is. Excavating a Nubian cemetery at Hierakonpolis (400 miles south of Cairo), archaeologists discovered the remains of a 30-to-50-year-old woman that is tattooed virtually everywhere her skin is preserved. This is what the tattoos they were able to discern looked like. Researchers noted that tattoos are associated with entertainers in Egyptian culture, but are unsure whether that holds true for the Nubian culture at Hierakonpolis. Check out Archaeology Magazine's interactive dig for more.
Labels: archaeology, body art, egypt, nerdery
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