Chris Rainier has seen bare flesh etched by the crudest of implements: old nails, sharpened bamboo sticks, barracuda teeth. The ink might be nothing more than sugar cane juice mixed with campfire soot ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of understanding our ancestors. Archaeologist Aaron Deter-Wolf, pictured in his office ...

Throughout its nearly four decades in business, the family-run Tattoos by Lou has built an enviable reputation for its incredible body art. A champion of old-school tattooing, the shop’s renowned ...