The so-called “tramp stamp” isn’t a sign of trashiness — it’s early women’s tradition. A recent discovery has lead researchers to believe that ancient Egyptian women were adorned with lower back ...

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Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

With the recent resurrection of the fashion trends we adored in the 1990s and early 2000s, such as low-rise jeans and skinny scarves, it’s not surprising that tattoos that were once considered ...