Researchers have shed fascinating new light on the unusual practice of permanent body modification during the Viking Age, which in some cases, may have been practiced as a "rite of initiation". It was ...

Ancient Nubian civilizations practiced something that might shock modern sensibilities - they tattooed the faces of infants and toddlers as young as seven months old. A new study using advanced ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

A Connecticut Army vet has taken home two Guinness World Records after inking and modifying 99.98% of her body — and is still carving out space for more. Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina officially became ...