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I am doing a paper and I would like to know because I can't find hardly anything on the internet..
Sources too if you give an answer.
Thank you in advance!
Answer
â Tattoos
The Ancient and Mysterious History
By Cate Lineberry
â¢What is the evidence that ancient Egyptians had tattoos?
There's certainly evidence that women had tattoos on their bodies and limbs from figurines c. 4000-3500 B.C. to occasional female figures represented in tomb scenes c. 1200 B.C. and in figurine form c. 1300 B.C., all with tattoos on their thighs. Also small bronze implements identified as tattooing tools were discovered at the town site of Gurob in northern Egypt and dated to c. 1450 B.C. And then, of course, there are the mummies with tattoos, from the three women already mentioned and dated to c. 2000 B.C. to several later examples of female mummies with these forms of permanent marks found in Greco-Roman burials at Akhmim.
â¢What function did these tattoos serve? Who got them and why?
Because this seemed to be an exclusively female practice in ancient Egypt, mummies found with tattoos were usually dismissed by the (male) excavators who seemed to assume the women were of "dubious status," described in some cases as "dancing girls." The female mummies had nevertheless been buried at Deir el-Bahari (opposite modern Luxor) in an area associated with royal and elite burials, and we know that at least one of the women described as "probably a royal concubine" was actually a high-status priestess named Amunet, as revealed by her funerary inscriptions.
And although it has long been assumed that such tattoos were the mark of prostitutes or were meant to protect the women against sexually transmitted diseases, I personally believe that the tattooing of ancient Egyptian women had a therapeutic role and functioned as a permanent form of amulet during the very difficult time of pregnancy and birth. This is supported by the pattern of distribution, largely around the abdomen, on top of the thighs and the breasts, and would also explain the specific types of designs, in particular the net-like distribution of dots applied over the abdomen. During pregnancy, this specific pattern would expand in a protective fashion in the same way bead nets were placed over wrapped mummies to protect them and "keep everything in." The placing of small figures of the household deity Bes at the tops of their thighs would again suggest the use of tattoos as a means of safeguarding the actual birth, since Bes was the protector of women in labor, and his position at the tops of the thighs a suitable location. This would ultimately explain tattoos as a purely female custom.
â¢What did these tattoos look like?
Most examples on mummies are largely dotted patterns of lines and diamond patterns, while figurines sometimes feature more naturalistic images. The tattoos occasionally found in tomb scenes and on small female figurines which form part of cosmetic items also have small figures of the dwarf god Bes on the thigh area.
â¢What were they made of? How many colors were used?
Usually a dark or black pigment such as soot was introduced into the pricked skin. It seems that brighter colors were largely used in other ancient cultures, such as the Inuit who are believed to have used a yellow color along with the more usual darker pigments.
â¢Why do you think so many cultures have marked the human body and did their practices influence one another?
In many cases, it seems to have sprung up independently as a permanent way to place protective or therapeutic symbols upon the body, then as a means of marking people out into appropriate social, political or religious groups, or simply as a form of self-expression or fashion statement.
Yet, as in so many other areas of adornment, there was of course cross-cultural influences, such as those which existed between the Egyptians and Nubians, the Thracians and Greeks and the many cultures encountered by Roman soldiers during the expansion of the Roman Empire in the final centuries B.C. and the first centuries A.D. And, certainly, Polynesian culture is thought to have influenced Maori tattoos.
â Cleopatra Queen of Egypt was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile."
â Tattoos
The Ancient and Mysterious History
By Cate Lineberry
â¢What is the evidence that ancient Egyptians had tattoos?
There's certainly evidence that women had tattoos on their bodies and limbs from figurines c. 4000-3500 B.C. to occasional female figures represented in tomb scenes c. 1200 B.C. and in figurine form c. 1300 B.C., all with tattoos on their thighs. Also small bronze implements identified as tattooing tools were discovered at the town site of Gurob in northern Egypt and dated to c. 1450 B.C. And then, of course, there are the mummies with tattoos, from the three women already mentioned and dated to c. 2000 B.C. to several later examples of female mummies with these forms of permanent marks found in Greco-Roman burials at Akhmim.
â¢What function did these tattoos serve? Who got them and why?
Because this seemed to be an exclusively female practice in ancient Egypt, mummies found with tattoos were usually dismissed by the (male) excavators who seemed to assume the women were of "dubious status," described in some cases as "dancing girls." The female mummies had nevertheless been buried at Deir el-Bahari (opposite modern Luxor) in an area associated with royal and elite burials, and we know that at least one of the women described as "probably a royal concubine" was actually a high-status priestess named Amunet, as revealed by her funerary inscriptions.
And although it has long been assumed that such tattoos were the mark of prostitutes or were meant to protect the women against sexually transmitted diseases, I personally believe that the tattooing of ancient Egyptian women had a therapeutic role and functioned as a permanent form of amulet during the very difficult time of pregnancy and birth. This is supported by the pattern of distribution, largely around the abdomen, on top of the thighs and the breasts, and would also explain the specific types of designs, in particular the net-like distribution of dots applied over the abdomen. During pregnancy, this specific pattern would expand in a protective fashion in the same way bead nets were placed over wrapped mummies to protect them and "keep everything in." The placing of small figures of the household deity Bes at the tops of their thighs would again suggest the use of tattoos as a means of safeguarding the actual birth, since Bes was the protector of women in labor, and his position at the tops of the thighs a suitable location. This would ultimately explain tattoos as a purely female custom.
â¢What did these tattoos look like?
Most examples on mummies are largely dotted patterns of lines and diamond patterns, while figurines sometimes feature more naturalistic images. The tattoos occasionally found in tomb scenes and on small female figurines which form part of cosmetic items also have small figures of the dwarf god Bes on the thigh area.
â¢What were they made of? How many colors were used?
Usually a dark or black pigment such as soot was introduced into the pricked skin. It seems that brighter colors were largely used in other ancient cultures, such as the Inuit who are believed to have used a yellow color along with the more usual darker pigments.
â¢Why do you think so many cultures have marked the human body and did their practices influence one another?
In many cases, it seems to have sprung up independently as a permanent way to place protective or therapeutic symbols upon the body, then as a means of marking people out into appropriate social, political or religious groups, or simply as a form of self-expression or fashion statement.
Yet, as in so many other areas of adornment, there was of course cross-cultural influences, such as those which existed between the Egyptians and Nubians, the Thracians and Greeks and the many cultures encountered by Roman soldiers during the expansion of the Roman Empire in the final centuries B.C. and the first centuries A.D. And, certainly, Polynesian culture is thought to have influenced Maori tattoos.
â Cleopatra Queen of Egypt was the last Pharaoh of Egypt, history's infamous "Queen of the Nile."
What is the cultural reason that we have this fixation with removing body hair?
I actually live in Germany and that is just prejudice.
If you look at girlie mags from the 70s, 80s and early nineties you see that trimmed hair was not regarded as not hygenic.
Answer
Body hair removal is very old and was routinely done by rich ancient Egyptians 3,000-4,000 BC to discern them from the poor hairy barbarians. It's personal choice. If you ask 10 people you will get 10 different answers. But you are right in your assumption about the girlie magazines.
Pubic hair was always perceived as normal. It was considered as manly (eg Sean Connery as James Bond) to have body hair. Then all of a sudden all body hair was considered as ugly and unwanted! It is causing a lot of anguish to naturally hairy people.
In my humble opinion this change of heart can be attributed to the proliferation of pornography on the internet and magazines. Male and female porno actors' pubic hair are removed to get the best "view shots". The general public started copying it. Men and women all started removing ALL their body hair, because that is what is shown as the ideal image.
Until that time, ingrown hair was a nuisance only occasionally experienced by men on their faces. But since the whole body hair removal craze started, most people are having problems with ingrown hair, folliculitis, vaginal infections etc, etc. on all areas of their bodies previously without ingrown hair.
Hygiene has nothing to do with it. Actually one of the main functions of hair is to absorb sweat. Hair also act as natural protection against the chafing of clothes and normal bumps. Another function is to keep the body warm at its most vulnerable area, which is the area of procreation.
It is a fashion trend that might soon change back again to being fashionable to actually have body hair. Fashion trends change every few years. Quite possibly all the people who are now performing radical permanent pubic hair removal might soon be very sorry.
I mean, can you imagine how stupid the current generation will look when they are old. They will be totally hairless and covered with piercing holes and faded tattoos! But I say "each to his own". Life is about choices, but then you also have to live with the consequences of your choices.
Hairless or hairy? You must make up your own mind.
Body hair removal is very old and was routinely done by rich ancient Egyptians 3,000-4,000 BC to discern them from the poor hairy barbarians. It's personal choice. If you ask 10 people you will get 10 different answers. But you are right in your assumption about the girlie magazines.
Pubic hair was always perceived as normal. It was considered as manly (eg Sean Connery as James Bond) to have body hair. Then all of a sudden all body hair was considered as ugly and unwanted! It is causing a lot of anguish to naturally hairy people.
In my humble opinion this change of heart can be attributed to the proliferation of pornography on the internet and magazines. Male and female porno actors' pubic hair are removed to get the best "view shots". The general public started copying it. Men and women all started removing ALL their body hair, because that is what is shown as the ideal image.
Until that time, ingrown hair was a nuisance only occasionally experienced by men on their faces. But since the whole body hair removal craze started, most people are having problems with ingrown hair, folliculitis, vaginal infections etc, etc. on all areas of their bodies previously without ingrown hair.
Hygiene has nothing to do with it. Actually one of the main functions of hair is to absorb sweat. Hair also act as natural protection against the chafing of clothes and normal bumps. Another function is to keep the body warm at its most vulnerable area, which is the area of procreation.
It is a fashion trend that might soon change back again to being fashionable to actually have body hair. Fashion trends change every few years. Quite possibly all the people who are now performing radical permanent pubic hair removal might soon be very sorry.
I mean, can you imagine how stupid the current generation will look when they are old. They will be totally hairless and covered with piercing holes and faded tattoos! But I say "each to his own". Life is about choices, but then you also have to live with the consequences of your choices.
Hairless or hairy? You must make up your own mind.
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