[Fred Nerks]

Otzi the Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummified man uncovered in the Austrian Alps in 1991, bore at least 57 tattoos.

The practice of body art spans time and human cultures. A contemporary Maori man in New Zealand with traditional “moko” facial tattoos.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060503/news_lz1c03body.html

[SunkenCiv]

Otzi the Iceman, a 5,000-year-old mummified man uncovered in the Austrian Alps in 1991, bore at least 57 tattoos.

And he wound up getting killed by a rival gang when he got separated from his peeps. :')