Ricardo Godoi reportedly hired a tattoo studio to ink his body in a hospital setting, where he ultimately died on the operating table Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

They represent a sense of independence and determination. As a throat tattoo element, they are a commanding design, perfect for those who have embraced their personal power and unyielding ambition.

Former Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto solidified his love for the Queen City with some permanent ink.Votto debuted the postcard designed tattoo on his Instagram page, calling it "an ode ...

The Brisbane/Meanjin tattoo scene has come on a lot over the last few years. Places like Tradition Tattoo and West Side Tattoo have been going strong for a while now, but the city has a bunch of ...

The team studied tattoos with a variety of patterns on more than 100 mummies. Some tattoos were geometric, featuring shapes like triangles and diamonds. Others included vine-like patterns and ...

The intricate details of tattoos inscribed on the skin of South American mummies are now revealed in all their breathtaking glory. With a technique used to study dinosaur fossils, a team of scientists ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Researchers have used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru ...

In doing so, we achieved a new capability in the study of tattoos that had never been achieved before," Pittman said. The team managed to identify intricate geometric and zoomorphic (representing ...

Tattoos seem to have been important to the Chancay, says Pittman, as they are found on a large proportion of known mummified human remains. “Many of the designs, geometric patterns featuring ...

The Chancay tattoos feature elaborate geometric and zoomorphic patterns that compete with the artistry conveyed in Chancay pottery, textiles, and rock art. “Geometric elements like triangles appear ...

Their tattoos are roughly 1,000 years old and display ornate geometric designs, reminiscent of scales or vines, as well as an amorphous animal with a curled tail. The Chancay have long been known ...