How Piercings came to be

The art of body piercing has been practiced by people from around the world since antiquity. Bodies mummified with piercings have been discovered, including the oldest mummified body discovered to date, the body is more 5300 years old & is that of Otzi the Iceman, found in an Austrian glacier. Otzi had an ear piercing 7-12 mm in diameter, and tattoos.

Lip & tongue piercing was historically found in African-American & tribal cultures.

Nipple & genital perforation, dates back to the ancient India & ancient Rome.

The former as Romans believed firmly in the art of piercing, they used piercings to show force, & virility. In Roman culture, piercings were often worn as badges of honour, genital perforation was common among the Gladiators.

The Egyptians themselves adorn piercings, some types of piercings were limited & only royalty, was authorized to the to do. Only the Pharaoh was allowed to have her navel pierced, any other person attempted this, were executed.

Almost all the Egyptians wore loops of ear to display their wealth & for aesthetic reasons.

When French trappers discovered Amerindian tribes, they named them the "Nez", meaning "pierced nose" in French.

Ancient tribes wore bones through their nostrils to create fear, war, where the septum perforation is originating.

Lip Labret piercings would be originally in Central & South America, where they became popular for purely aesthetic reasons. Lip plates were often used. The Maya & Aztèques had labrets with gold and jade.

Civilisations & cultures which were separated by very large distances, came to experience a love for piercings, it's a small world right?

The most popular forms of Piercings

Forms the most widespread of piercings are and have been nose & ear piercings, these are more historically documented & were found among the most serious of goods then another type of piercing.

What piercing represented / represent

In the past, piercing representative views religious, social status, marriage, rebellion, spiritual cleansing, fear, sexual pleasure & more.

Piercings are still used in a similar way, gangs have used for piercings to symbolize the rank & sub cultures were created around aesthetics & whether or not it has a piercing.

The Prince Albert

There are a variety of theories regarding the origin of the perforation of Prince Albert, but the true origin is not known.

Historical evidence suggests that the Prince Albert piercing began to be undertaken by men in the European countries beginning in the 1800s, most people believe this piercing was not created for cultural or sexual purposes, but for a more practice, which is unknown. There is no evidence that Prince Albert was in fact one of these piercings, but it is a popular myth that people have begun to company Prince Albert piercings, because Prince Albert has supposedly this piercing.

Piercings in the Bible.

Body piercing are mentioned in the bible, Piercing was regarded as a beauty salon & wealth & often given as a gift of marriage, or a dot.

Interest in Body piercing

Interest in the art of piercing extinguished during the dark ages, when the Church began to condemn the art of piercing, accusing to be sinners.(Which explains why some people may consider themselves religious still condemn the art of body piercings to date)

The most recent rise in popularity of piercings was in the 1960s, when it became popular for women to get their ears pierced once more.

This is how concludes piercings are for the moment & I can review it a few times more that the time passes.

Thank you for reading.

(Source: http://piercinginfo.net)
I hope that you now know how piercings came to be.

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