Preserved tattoos on ancient mummified human remains reveal that tattooing has been practiced throughout the world for millennia. 2134–1991 BC), multiple mummies from Siberia including the Pazyryk culture of Russia and from several cultures throughout Pre-Columbian South America. These include Amunet, Priestess of the Goddess Hathor from ancient Egypt (c. Other tattooed mummies have been recovered from at least 49 archaeological sites, including locations in Greenland, Alaska, Siberia, Mongolia, western China, Egypt, Sudan, the Philippines and the Andes.
The oldest discovery of tattooed human skin to date is found on the body of Ötzi the Iceman, dating to between 33 BC. However, direct evidence for tattooing on mummified human skin extends only to the 4th millennium BC. Both ancient art and archaeological finds of possible tattoo tools suggest tattooing was practiced by the Upper Paleolithic period in Europe. Tattooing has been practiced across the globe since at least Neolithic times, as evidenced by mummified preserved skin, ancient art and the archaeological record. Possible Neolithic tattoo marks depicted on a Pre- Cucuteni culture clay figure from Romania, c.
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