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Tattoos: a 5,000 year history
Episode 1569

Tattoos: a 5,000 year history

Dr Matt Lodder explores 5,000 years of tattooing history – from Otzi the Iceman, to King Edward VII

HistoryExtra podcast · Immediate

January 30, 202339m 2s

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Show Notes

Throughout history, people have got tattooed for a huge range of reasons, whether religious devotion, artistic expression, or to demonstrate cultural belonging – or cultural difference. Dr Matt Lodder talks to Charlotte Hodgman about 5,000 years of tattooing history, exploring everything from the punishment tattoos of ancient China to the pilgrim tattoos adopted by Victorian aristocrats, including a future king.


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