Some tattoos do age well.
More than two millennia ago, a woman sat down for a couple of inking sessions. After, she rocked some sick sleeves — her arms etched with intense hunting scenes of prowling leopards, lanky stags and even a fantastical creature that resembles a griffin, researchers report July 31 in Antiquity.
Subtle differences in style and technique suggest the work of at least two artists, one more skilled and the other likely still learning. Yet the tattoo designs are so elaborate that even modern professionals would find them challenging to replicate, says Gino Caspari of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany. “I hope