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Tattoos. Indelible marks as a historical source

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Tattoos. Indelible marks as a historical source
19.99 €
The book "Tattoos. Indelible Marks as a Historical Source" is a unique opportunity to see that symbols, designs, and patterns applied to human skin have served as a reflection of historical events, cultural traditions, and personal identification. Why was this ancient form of self-expression firmly rooted in cultures of different eras? Because unlike other ways to change one's appearance - hair or makeup - a tattoo remained on the body forever. It is not by chance that in ancient times it was taken very seriously. Thus, the inhabitants of Borneo believed that their drawings are torches that light the way for souls in the darkness of the kingdom of the dead, the Greeks and Romans used tattoos as punishment, for the Altai Scythians tattoo served as an embodiment of the sacred text. And how to explain the modern popularity of bodily modifications? The author does not leave this question unanswered either. Studies of tattoos help to better understand the symbolic language by which people expressed their dreams, beliefs and status. Often these images are living stories that tell us about the past.
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