perfect arm tattoos with sun egyptian tattoo

Rasheed Wallace: NBA star, has an Egyptian art tattoo on his right arm, picturing Akhenaten, Nefertiti and their children. Next to the pic below is the original Egyptian art portraying the royal family. The sun has rays that end in hands, representing the Egyptian god Aten, king of the gods during the reign of Akhenaten.

Egyptian tattoos

Egyptian tattoos, like many other tattoo designs from mythology or ancient cultures, are growing in popularity. They are tasteful, socially acceptable, and a great way of exploring and utilizing art imagery from all over the world. Egyptian tattoos are beautiful and striking images from the ancient past.

Nefertiti Tattoo

Most of us have a fairly evolved concept of what Egyptian art looks like and how it may be adapted to a modern tattoo design. On the other hand, most of us have no more than a generalized idea of what ancient Egyptian tattooing looked like.

It appears that tattooing was not particularly widespread among the Egyptians, with one notable exception - some Egyptian women, from priestesses to princesses to dancers, were tattooed with a pattern of parallel lines and shapes.

We know this because some of these women were mummified, which preserved the skin and the tattoos. These original Egyptian tattoos had a significance which, unfortunately, has been lost. Anthropologists are grateful for this and other evidence that the elaborate Egyptian burial rituals have given us.