Gebelein Man (Oldest Figural Tattoo)
from Tattoology Hosted by Ivy Boyd
Welcome back! This week, let’s learn about a fascinating pair of tattooed mummy from Egypt, one of which holds the current record for the world oldest figural tattoo. Instagram: www.instagram.com/tattoologypod Contact: [email protected] Music is by Universfield from Pixabay Resources used for this episode: Aaron Deter-Wolf, Lars Krutak “Ancient Ink”, University of Washington Press, 2017 Brigit Katz, "Earliest Figural Tattoos Discovered on 5,000-Year-Old Mummies", Smithsonian Magazine, 2018 Daniel Antoine, “Virtual autopsy: discover how the ancient Egyptian Gebelein Man died”, The British Museum, 2012, accessed Jan 2026
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