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Ancient Egyptian culture has done much to contribute to the modern tattoo industry. Historically and socially, Egyptian tattoo designs have emerged as a category of art and as visual artifacts from the history of the Middle East. The ancient Egyptians rely heavily on body decorations and tattoos for religious and other social reasons. Amunet mummy, a priest, was found in Thebes and dates back thousands of years. This mummy shows one example of the earliest known type of tattoo. These ancient Egyptian tattoos consisted of elaborate dot and dash pattern is often used for ritual or ceremony of fertility. Thus, many of these tattoos were reserved for use only in women. And although tattooing is a regular ritual for the ancient Egyptians, such practices are not nearly as happened in modern Egyptian society where the religion of Islam - which ignores the tattooing - valid. In contrast, popularity of Egyptian art and symbols have been enacted in many Western cultures, including the United St...

Searching for a scary and down right eerie tattoo? Well have you ever considered getting an eye ball design? These eye tattoos are some of the creepiest designs we've ever see, with most of the artwork based on the human eye, we also see quite a few animal optics from time to time, like the cat and reptile in the picture gallery below. As if these tattoos weren't already strange enough, some folks like to take it a step further and compliment their ink with some blood, a freaky hand or other macabre ideas . As you can see the back and back of the head is two of the most popular locations for eye tattoos, and i can see why, they look beyond creepy on those areas of the body. Another rather common tattoo design is the ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and royal power, known as the eye of horus. Said to bring fourth protection and prosperity among other things. One of the most underrated tattoo ideas has to be the feline eyes, and unlike humans, feline peepers ...

For most people, getting a tattoo is a rather daring decision to make, however for other people its simply a walk in the park, but for the people listed below its a way of life. Extreme tattoos at their finest! Extreme tattoos can be characterized in many ways, whether its a complete facial design, a full body piece or even something freaky like eye ink, these macabre tattoo extremists will stop at nothing to feed their hunger for body art. Just checkout this picture gallery below and it will completely blow your pants off! Extreme body art is often seen on incarcerated individuals who find solace in this hobby while serving their sentence. Extreme tattoos are also seen on a variety of other people from various walks of life, including carnies, punks, goths, gang members and people who enjoy body modifications. If you ever encounter one of these kindhearted souls, just run, run as fast as you can, but lets face it these people have subhuman strength and they'll surely ca...

Elephant tattoos are undoubtedly beautiful, however these designs are rather uncommon in the world of body artwork. But perhaps one of the most commonly seen elephant tattoos is the Hindu god known as Ganesha, a figure portrayed to have four arms, a large stomach, one tusk and a big crown atop its head , among other detailed characteristics. The traditional elephant is also seen from time to time, perhaps designed in the classic circus attire, a unique and unnatural color or maybe even a standalone portrait of the mammoth grey land mammal. Enjoy this picture gallery of marvelous elephant artwork which is surely a great first step for discovering lovely artwork ideas . Elephant tattoos look outstanding with other large African animals such as the giraffe. I hope these excellent high quality design pictures help you uncover some sensational ideas for your own personal tattoo. As you may know, elephants are the largest living land animals around today, and only three species ...

Egyptian tattoos are very beautiful in nature and with such a variety of artwork to choose from, it can be difficult deciding on simply one design. Some of the most common Egyptian tattoos include, The eye of Horus (sound eye, Wadjet) which is believed by many to possess power, prosperity, protection and wisdom. Other popular Egyptian god tattoos include, Hathor the Goddess of love, music, dance and is represented by cow horns and a sundisk on the head . Anubis is know as the god of embalming and is represented by the head of a jackal. Ma'at is known as the goddess of justice and is seen with an ostrich feather in her hair along with winged armed. Enjoy these beautiful pictures of wonderful tattoo ideas . Cats were highly regarded by many ancient Egyptians and were better known by the name "mau". Its quite common to see Egyptian themed cat tattoos . These type of tattoos are seen on various locations of the body, with the back and arms being the most common are...