response: The history isn't very well known but there is still a lot of evidence that body piercing has been practiced since ancient times.
history: I have ten piercings all over my body. Wow! So did you know that ear and nose piercings are widespread even throughout history? That's interesting. Do you know how long people have been piercing their bodies?
knowledge: Although the history of body piercing is obscured by popular misinformation and by a lack of scholarly reference, ample evidence exists to document that it has been practiced in various forms by both sexes since ancient times throughout the world.