The tattoo's owner was buried at the Ghazali monastery, located 9.3 miles from the banks of the Nile in Northern Sudan, and was most likely one of the monks living in the community.
The ancient tattoo was discovered unintentionally during routine cataloguing. This is only the second medieval tattoo ever discovered in the Nubian regionIn an extremely rare discovery, scientists have found a Christian tattoo on 1,300 year-old mummified leg in Sudan.
Dr Robert Stark, who has been leading the bioarchaeological study of the Ghazali remains, told MailOnline that this was a private tattoo possibly meant as a marker of a spiritual journey. It also includes the letters alpha and omega - the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet - which represent the Christian belief that god is the beginning and the end of all things.
Kari Guilbault, a Ph.D candidate at Purdue, made the discovery by chance while photographing the remains. Using full-spectrum photography and specialised image editing software originally created for studying cave paintings, Ms Guilbault was able to reveal the tattoo in stunning detail. This tattoo also overturns the theory that only women in medieval Nubia were tattooed, as this is the first tattoo ever found on male remains.
While the Nubians did not practice intentional mummification, the arid conditions of Sudan mean that many of the remains from Ghazali have naturally mummified. WHAT ARE THE OLDEST TATTOOS IN THE WORLD? Since his discovery on 19 December 1991 by German hikers, Ötzi has provided window into early human history.
And in December 2015 they were confirmed to be the world's oldest - beating markings on an unidentified South American Chinchorro mummy. The ancient tattoo artist who applied them 'made the incisions into the skin, and then they put in charcoal mixed with some herbs.'
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