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A tattoo referencing Christ was found on the 1,300-year-old body of an individual in what is now Sudan.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Probably just means they had a pretty hard time finding 1300-year-old skin that was preserved enough for that.

[–] Salamendacious 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Which socioeconomic strata would that be?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You’re right, that’s dumb, I’m removing it. I was just thinking about how it’s frowned upon to have super visible tattoos in some places in our society, but that’s obviously not going to be apples to apples throughout history.