NK - Fwd: Question from Berengaria

[Harmosk at aol.com]

 <A HREF="http://home.eunet.no/~bjarebe/iceman/bronze.htm">Tattooed Mummies of
the Bronze Age</A> 

Specifically - In the summer of 1993 another tattooed Pazyryk mummy was
discovered in Siberia's Umok plateau. It had been buried over 2,400 years ago
in a casket fashioned from the hollowed-out trunk of a larch tree. On the
outside of the casket were stylized images of deer and snow leopards carved in
leather. Shortly after burial the grave had apparently been flooded by
freezing rain and the entire contents of the burial chamber had remained
frozen in permafrost.
The body was that of a young woman whose arms had been tattooed with designs
representing mythical creatures like those on the previously discovered
Pazyryk mummy. She was clad in a voluminous white silk dress, a long crimson
woolen skirt and white felt stockings. On her head was an elaborate headdress
made of hair and felt - the first of its kind ever found intact. Also
discovered in the burial chamber were gilded ornaments, dishes, a brush, a pot
containing marijuana, and a hand mirror of polished metal on the wooden back
of which was a carving of a deer. Six horses wearing elaborate harnesses had
been sacrificed and lay on the logs which formed the roof of the burial
chamber.


These might help, too: 
<A HREF="http://www.zapcom.net/phoenix.arabeth/TriBible.html">TRIBAL BIBLE</A>
<A HREF="http://www.metal-tiger.com/Wu_Tang_PCA/tattoo.html">Tattoo Rituals
</A>  
<A HREF="http://www.getwild.com/couch/103/features/tattoos/history.html">Green
Couch: A History of Body Art</A>  <A HREF="http://tattoos.com/thsb/thsb.htm">
Tattoo History Source Book</A> , there are some other sites if you're
interested.... and what specific kind of tattoo are you looking for again?

Elspeth
Who's four year old son, upon hearing that she was going to get a tattoo,
burst into tears and pleaded "but mom.... I don't like women with tattoos!!!"