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    how far back does the artform of tattooing date

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    'Otzi the Iceman' discovered in the Alps in 1991 was around 5,300 years old. He has tattoos which are in the positions that acupuncturists use today to relieve pain. Tattoos probably date from earlier than this but skin remains are unlikely to survive to the present day.



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