Georgina Wiman—Rudzinski

In the following excerpt, writer Georgina Wiman— Rudzinski traces the rich history of ancient tattooing. Wiman—Rudzinski reports that the first evidence of tattooing dates to the body of a prehistoric man uncovered in the ice of the Italian Alps in 1991. Carbon dating proved that the man died approximately thirty—three hundred years before the birth of Christ.
Moving around the globe from Egypt to Polynesia, the author goes on to explain the mythologies and customs that surrounded tattoos in a variety of ancient cultures. A teacher's assistant and writer living in Canada, Wiman—Rudzinski has written articles on both tattooing and body piercing.