What can a 2,000-year-old sculpture and a modern tattoo tell us about who we really are? In this episode, we travel from the Vatican Museums to a contemporary gallery in Milan, tracing a surprising thread between the ancient Laocoön and the tattooed bodies of today. Along the way, we meet Ötzi , Europe's oldest mummy and first known tattooed human, we explore how tattoos went from marks of shame to symbols of identity, and ask a question that's more relevant than ever:
 in a world that tells us how to look, what does it mean to make our bodies truly our own? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

<description>What can a 2,000-year-old sculpture and a modern tattoo tell us about who we really are? In this episode, we travel from the Vatican Museums to a contemporary gallery in Milan, tracing a surprising thread between the ancient Laocoön and the tattooed bodies of today. Along the way, we meet Ötzi , Europe's oldest mummy and first known tattooed human, we explore how tattoos went from marks of shame to symbols of identity, and ask a question that's more relevant than ever:

 in a world that tells us how to look, what does it mean to make our bodies truly our own?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</description>

What can a 2,000-year-old sculpture and a modern tattoo tell us about who we really are? In this episode, we travel from the Vatican Museums to a contemporary gallery in Milan, tracing a surprising thread between the ancient Laocoön and the tattooed bodies of today. Along the way, we meet Ötzi , Europe's oldest mummy and first known tattooed human, we explore how tattoos went from marks of shame to symbols of identity, and ask a question that's more relevant than ever:

 in a world that tells us how to look, what does it mean to make our bodies truly our own?
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TATTOOS ON STONE. The Body as Language from Laocoön to Today

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