From wooden stamps to sterile machines: The evolution of the Christian tattoo

From wooden stamps to sterile machines: The evolution of the Christian tattoo: An Egyptian Coptic Christian family is carrying on the 700-year tradition of Christian tattoos at a tattoo parlor in Jerusalem, according to Catholic News Agency. “For the past 500 years, we’ve been tattooing pilgrims in the Holy Land, and it’s been passed down from father to son,” says 43-year-old Wassim Razzouk of his family, which boasts a long line of Christian tattoo artists. The tattoo parlor — Razzouk Ink — now uses sterile tattoo machines that differ greatly from the historic practice of using wooden stamps with homemade ink, like the one pictured above.