Tattoos, back in time

The topic I picked was tattoos because for one I have them, and I think it is a good way to
express your self. Tattoo originates from the word ‘Tatu’ that mean’s ‘to mark
something’ people say tattooing started about 12,000 BC. In October 1991 a tattooed man
approximately 5,500 years old was discovered between Austria and Italy he is the oldest
man to have been found with tattoos. In Egypt around 2,000 to 3,000 B.C they used
tattoos for women to promote motherhood, fertility, and protection. Many cultures use
tattoos for many reasons. In West Africa most men receive tattoo’s to help identify one
another and also establish becoming a man this is done by a shaman. The shaman would
use a ritual knife to make a many cuts all over the body.

This could take up to twelvehours. The Aztecs used tattoos to display a warrior’s rank; they also used them to honor a god, or to differentiate different tribes. Many people in jail use tattoos to show what gang
they are affiliated with. The Germans used tattoos to mark Jewish people for processing
for concentration camps. The same way they brand cattle.



There are many reasons people get tattoos. Some get tattoos because they think it’s the cool thing to do. Some get
them because they lost some one who is very special to them and they want to honor
them with a tattoo of their name maybe a cross or just some thing that reminds them of
that person. There are many different ways of having a tattoo applied to your self. Some
people use a electric tattooing gun or maybe hitting a rock against a sharp object that has
some type of dye on it there are temporary tattoos in which you just use water to apply
them. Also there are Henna tattoos where you paint them on, or a brand where they burn
a sign into your skin and rub a type of ash into it to stain the skin. Whatever you decide to
do put a lot of thought into it. The reason I say this is because it hurts real bad to put them
on but it hurts worst to take them off with a laser so if I where you pick some thing that’s
special it could be something you drew your self it could be something you love to do or
it could be about someone you lost. Just don’t pick it off the wall be original