At first, he wrote his tag on walls in his neighbourhood. TAKI was his nickname and 183 was the number of the street he lived on – 183rd Street. One of the first 'taggers' was Demetrius, a teenager from a Greek family. In the 1970s, young people in New York used pens to write their names, or 'tags', on walls around the city. In the late twentieth century, graffiti and street art became an international phenomenon. These include religious, political and romantic messages, and even some magic spells! Modern times In the Roman town of Pompeii, archaeologists have found numerous examples of graffiti written in Latin. Graffiti has been found on buildings at ancient sites in Greece, Italy, Syria and Iraq. In prehistoric times, people in Africa and Europe used to paint pictures of animals and people in caves. People have been painting and writing on walls throughout history.
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