As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Among the numerous ancient cultures who appear to have used tattooing as a permanent form of body adornment, the Nubians to the south of Egypt are known to have used tattoos.

In 332 B.C. Persian rule in Egypt came to an end with the arrival of Alexander the Great (pictured here), and he established the city of Alexandria.