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Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world – and also to colonialism

  • Written by Allison Hawn, Instructional Faculty, Arizona State University
Tattoos have a long history going back to the ancient world – and also to colonialismThe Picts, the indigenous people of what is today northern Scotland, were documented by Roman historians as having complex tattoos.Theodor de Bry, via Wikimedia Commons

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