Sacramento History Museum brings 'Inked Women' from California's history to town The Sacramento History Museum is presenting the history of California's tattooed women in its new exhibit starting Feb.

One of the most stubborn misconceptions about tattooing is that it was born in Polynesia and imported to the West by Captain Cook in 1768, then trickled down to the masses over the next century, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During his third Pacific voyage beginning in 1776, Capt. James Cook recorded in his journal: “The universality of tattooing is a ...

YEAR’S CELEBRATION. ON SATURDAY FROM 11 TO 4. YOU’RE INVITED TO COME ON BOARD THE PRIDE OF BALTIMORE TWO FOR A FREE FESTIVAL THAT NOT ONLY CELEBRATES THE LIVES OF SAILORS, BUT THE ART OF TATTOOING.

In his new book Indigenous Tattoo Traditions, CU Boulder alumnus and Tattoo Hunters host Lars Krutak highlights traditional techniques that sometimes date back millennia Lars Krutak is not the kind of ...

Despite cultural taboos, women have been getting tattoos for centuries. In ancient Egypt, women got tattoos as a form of beauty and as a status symbol. Permanent ink was seen for the first time in the ...

The New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink in Brooklyn, has seen a surge in demand for Asian history themed tattoos, from ancient Buddhas to dragons and Samurai warriors. Luxury ...

In the last few decades, tattoos have become a mainstay in pop culture. As parlors around the world get ready to celebrate Friday the 13th with flashes galore, our Pop-ink package examines how these ...

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Choosing a tattoo isn't just about falling for a pretty design you saw on social media or in a tattoo parlor. Behind some ...