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What is a tattoo?Body modification where ink, dye or pigment is inserted into the dermis layer of the skin to change the colour.Was considered uncivilised in the west until recently, tattoos carried symbolic meanings in many societies and culture since early ages.By 20th century, tattooing became more popular art in the west.The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, from the Samoan word tatau, meaning “to strike”.HistoryIn Europe, tattooing is speculated to have been practised during the upper palaeolithic period (Old stone age, between 50,000 and 10,000 years).From evidence gained from the mummified skin, tattoos have been practised since the Neolithic times (new stone age. Approx 10,200 BC - 2000 BC).Direct evidence for the existence of tattoos exists only as far as 4000 years in history.Earliest tattoed human body is that of Ötzi the iceman who lived between 3370 and 3100 BC and was found in the Ötztal Alps between Austria and Italy. Ötzi had a total of 61 tattoos in the form of groups of parallel li