World's oldest 'tattoos' found on 5000-year-old mummies
A bull, a sheep and S-shaped drawings discovered on a male and female Egyptian mummy in the British Museum have been revealed as the world's earliest known tattoos. The mummified bodies dating from 3351-3017 BC push back the evidence for tattooing in Africa by 1,000 years, said the museum's curator. Before the discovery, archaeologists thought tattoos were restricted to women.