Los tatuajes, el lenguaje corporal de los pol...

En 1853, el británico Richard Burton se disfrazó de derviche afgano para unirse a los peregrinos a La Meca y cumplir su sueño de visitar los lugares santos del islam. 

Pocos personajes del Antiguo Egipto han despertado tanta curiosidad y a la vez tanto escepticismo como Ramsés II. 

Most Europeans first encountered tattoos after sailors visiting the South Pacific returned covered in them. From then on, with a few notable exceptions, tattoos have been associated with fringe dwellers in the West. Learn all about tats in this episode.

There are many common misconceptions and misunderstandings about Tattoos. They can act as a window into the social economic and cultural issues of a period of time. Britain was in fact the 'land of the painted people' with tattooing going further back into our history than man ...

“As ancient as time, as modern as tomorrow.’ Why have tattoos been reinvented in so many cultures - and with so many different meanings - throughout history? And yet, tattooing is constantly portrayed as a new ‘thing’, when tattoos were just for criminals or sailors. Far from tru ...  Show more

During an era in which a woman showing her ankle was seen as transgressive, a group of radical women broke societal norms by using their bodies as canvases for their art, re-popularizing the ancient tradition of tattoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic ...  Show more