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Monday, March 14, 2011

Egyptian Tattoos - Latest Fashion Trends

Tattooing is a form of art where there is no bound to your ingenuity. As this is a form of self face, you can simply carve any symbol or design on your body as a form of tattoo. Most of the people go with the trend and choose the most popular or widely used designs for tattoos. However there are some who use symbols and pictures from ancient art over the popular ones. Gothic tattoo designs and Egyptian tattoo designs are perfect example of these. Here we will see more on Egyptian tattoo art.


Egyptian Tattoos and Meanings :
Egyptian tattoos history goes back to nearly 2000 to 3000 BC. Several mummies have been naked that contain tattoo like drawings on their body. This shows that tattooing was a frequently adept custom in ancient Egypt and some people even believe that tattoo making originate here. Ancient Egyptians had made a notable progress in the field of art and hence we find many drawings and designs that are used today as tattoo designs. There are some symbols that are widely used as they have a deep meaning related to it. They include:

The Ankh
The Ankh or the Egyptian eye is one of the most popular Egyptian tattoo symbols today. It symbolize life and hence was painstaking as a sacred symbol. The picture of the Ankh is found in several drawings related to the ancient Egypt. The Ankh is also known as the Egyptian cross and is one of the most iconic tattoo symbols, next only to the Christian cross. The Ankh can be made in different forms and colors and is one of the widely identified ancient Egyptian symbols today.