Ten striking motifs to delight tattoo enthusiasts of all ages: an Egyptian queen, the Sphinx, a stylized beetle, lotus, birds, and more.

Unique and dramatic temporary tattoos feature 7 Egyptian images: King Tut's funeral mask, an elaborately ornamented sarcophagus, gods with human figures and animal faces, more.

Temporary tattoos.

Six images include a Minoan snake goddess (c. 1600 BC); the Stone Age earth mother known as Venus of Willendorf (c. 30000 BC); a vegetation goddess (5000 BC); an 18th-century rendering of Jagadamba, India's "Mother of the World"; an Egyptian bird-faced goddess (4000 BC); and a Greek rising earth mother (1350 BC).

"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.

Four paintings adapted as "body art" include Self-Portrait, Bouquet of Sunflowers, The Church at Auvers, and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.