Salamendacious@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 · 2 years 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-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-22 years 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-22 years agoWhich socioeconomic strata would that be?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years 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.
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.