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Ancient Egyptian Women Got Tattoos To Protect Them During Childbirth
Back in the early 1920s, archaeologists came across an ancient Egyptian town called ... middle-aged woman with a tattoo. Her tattoo was of a wedjat, or an Eye of Horus, and Bes wearing a crown ...
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Egyptian Women Had Lower Back Tattoos, May Have Been Powerful Symbol for Protection During Childbirth
However, a groundbreaking discovery at the New Kingdom site of Deir el-Medina (1550 B.C. to 1070 B.C.) has rewritten history, revealing that ancient Egyptian women bore tattoos in these exact ...