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An Anchor and a Cross

Em Hogan: Tattoo Me, 6 November 2025

Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art 
by Matt Lodder.
Yale, 224 pp., £25, November 2024, 978 0 300 26939 0Show More
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“... Scythian nomadic warriors were found bearing elaborate tattoos of animals and mythical creatures.Matt Lodder’s Tattoos: The Untold History of a Modern Art focuses on the history of tattooing in the West. His story begins in the 18th century, by which time tattooing had become an established commercial activity in the Middle East. Images of the ...”

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