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A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan.

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[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From the article:

It is only the second time that a tattoo has been found from medieval Nubia

I think that makes it a little rare

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Probably just means they had a pretty hard time finding 1300-year-old skin that was preserved enough for that.

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Which socioeconomic strata would that be?

You’re right, that’s dumb, I’m removing it. I was just thinking about how it’s frowned upon to have super visible tattoos in some places in our society, but that’s obviously not going to be apples to apples throughout history.