purpose of tattoos

Over time the utilization and purpose of tattoos has differed from culture to culture.Although a good number believe they began much earlier the history of tattoos has shown that the first tattoos come from Egypt through the period of the Pyramids. By this period Egyptians were said to make use of tattoos as a way to indicate the Slaves and the Peasants. The history has also said that around about 2,000 BC, tattoos extended to China and then along to Greece. In a way to communicate with spies the Greeks used tattoos.