More and more Alaska Native women are getting face tattoos.The traditional practice dates back centuries, but was banned by 19th and 20th century missionaries. Now it’s coming back.

The history of Bedouin tattoos stretches back centuries, intertwined with the nomadic Bedouin tribes of the Arabian Peninsula ...

In today’s generation, tattoos are seen as a way people can creatively express themselves. But in India, it is also seen as a Western ideology of freedom and identity.

Back tattoos are a blank canvas for artists to create stunning and intricate designs that tell a story, evoke emotion, or ...

The modern model for Friday the 13th as a tattoo holiday is often credited back to co-owner of Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas Oliver Peck, who you may recognize from TV show "Ink Master" and his ...

The style, once dismissed for being culturally appropriative and meathead-y, is back. By Joseph Bernstein Reporting from Ann Arbor, Mich. Sometimes, a customer walks into Name Brand Tattoo on ...

The spread of the art form into Western cultures is believed to stem from European sailors returning tattooed from the Polynesian islands back in the 1700s. The word “tattoo” comes from the ...

Tattoos are a personal expression. While they might seem like an invention of modernity, they have been around for centuries. They have been a part of our cultural fabric dating as far back as the ...

Lower back tattoos became popular in Western culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s by young, female celebrities including Britney Spears, Aaliyah, Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan, ...

For centuries, Alaskan Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis members have had tattoos. Since they predate written history, no one knows for certain how far the traditional tattooing goes back.

Ci Shen - Chinese Tattoos. The art of tattooing has been known in China for thousands of years. Tattooing in China is called Ci Shen (Or Wen Shen), a term that means literally “puncture the body.” ...

Across the Pacific, tattoos are etched into the culture. Finding meaning in your own ‘story on skin’ helps honor the tradition. A young man in Oahu, Hawai‘i, gets a tattoo the traditional ...