Ancient Egyptian tattoo designs make for great tattoos but you must be careful to ensure that they are accurate. Besides that, I would like to give you some ideas to think about and help you get closer to your final Egyptian tattoo idea to give to your tattoo artist.

Egyptian Tattoo History

Even the Egyptians themselves had tattoos, over 4,000 years ago. But in their day, they were exclusively adorned on women only.

Besides their own history of tattoo culture, the broader culture of Ancient Egypt as a whole has served as inspiration for tattoos for many years for many reasons but especially as people admire the Egyptian's ingenuity, advanced nature for their time and strong spirituality.

There are many Egyptian symbols and their entire language of hieroglyphics which make for good tattoo ideas.

Egyptian Tattoo Symbols

Most Egyptian tattoos are based on symbols. Some people wear a single symbol and others decide to combine several together.

Each symbol relates to a work. For example, there are single symbols representing life, heart, son/daughter, gold etc.

Egyptian Tattoo Designs For Women

Ancient Egyptian symbols are gender neutral. Even when you consider tattoos depicting a character, none are particularly suited to women.