According to researcher Steve Gilbert, “the earliest known tattoo that is a picture of something, rather than an abstract pattern, represents the god Bes.
ख्रिस्तपूर्व काळाच्या शेकडो वर्षांआधीच्या टाटू केलेल्या ईजिप्शियन व लिब्यन मम्मीज आढळल्या आहेत.