If proper sterilisation procedures are in place, your chances of contracting hepatitis C from a tattoo are extremely low.
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A series of interviews with recruiters in the banking sector reveals the existence of a dress code to which candidates are expected to conform.
A man takes a picture of a statue representing the 5,300-year-old mummy named Ötzi, discovered in the Italian Alps 30 years ago.
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When the 5,300-year-old mummy of Ötzi the Iceman was found 30 years ago, researchers found 61 tattoos on it. A scholar explains how tattoos have been a sacred part of many cultures across the world.
The Picts, the indigenous people of what is today northern Scotland, were documented by Roman historians as having complex tattoos.
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The pandemic has made some people rush to get tattoos for different reasons. A tattoo historian explains why tattoos are often seen to be ‘trashy,’ a view likely influenced by colonialism.
Arrested: the far-right ‘Nordic Shaman’ has been identified as QAnon follower Jake Angeli.
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Researchers are developing tattoo inks that do more than make pretty colors. Some can sense chemicals, temperature and UV radiation, setting the stage for tattoos that diagnose health problems.
In an industry beset by appropriation, the licensing of an Indigenous artwork for use in a tattoo is a rare sign of respect for the intellectual property rights of artists.
Image from ‘Criminal man, according to the classification of Cesare Lombroso’ (1911).
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We may think tattooing is a modern phenomenon, but the reasons for its popularity are not dissimilar to those seen in the prisons and convict ships of the Victorian era.
A schoolteacher in the midst of receiving a full pe'a, the traditional Samoan tattoo generally worn by males.
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An anthropologist works in American Samoa, taking advantage of the island’s longstanding tattoo culture to tease out the effects tattoos have on the body’s immune function.
Photographs of tattooed Japanese women in the exhibition Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World.
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An exhibition at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum explores tattoo traditions from Samoa, Japan and Melbourne, telling stories of culture, tradition and migration.
The tattoo tools from Tonga (left to right) made from bird, human, bird and human bone respectively.
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Swedish researcher Andreas Johansson interviewed 30 members of a Japanese Yakuza clan in 2015.
An illustration of Japanese courtesans by Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825), with one courtesan showing another the
tattoo on her upper arm.
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Professor of Dermatological Science, and Director of the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology. University College Dublin, Ireland, EU., University of Bradford