Salamendacious@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudanwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-link'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudanwww.livescience.comSalamendacious@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan.
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoFrom the article: It is only the second time that a tattoo has been found from medieval Nubia I think that makes it a little rare
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoProbably just means they had a pretty hard time finding 1300-year-old skin that was preserved enough for that.
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhich socioeconomic strata would that be?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYou’re right, that’s dumb, I’m removing it. I was just thinking about how it’s frowned upon to have super visible tattoos in some places in our society, but that’s obviously not going to be apples to apples throughout history.
From the article:
I think that makes it a little rare
Probably just means they had a pretty hard time finding 1300-year-old skin that was preserved enough for that.
Which socioeconomic strata would that be?
You’re right, that’s dumb, I’m removing it. I was just thinking about how it’s frowned upon to have super visible tattoos in some places in our society, but that’s obviously not going to be apples to apples throughout history.