When Kim Kardashian and her 12-year-old daughter were spotted in Rome recently, the masses zeroed in on the dermal piercing North West had in her middle finger. Not only were parents in an uproar ...

Body modifications and piercings have been a part of human culture for millennia, serving as rites of passage, symbols of status, or expressions of identity. Piercings hold a special place, with roots ...

Archaeologists have found early evidence of prehistoric body piercing in human burials dated to around 11,000 years ago. In a study recently published in the journal Antiquity, a team of researchers ...