c/historyartifacts · by PugJesus@piefed.social · 65dErotic mural found in Pompeii, Italy, the Roman Empire, buried 79 AD NSFW42 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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CJInVancouver@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 65d
I saw some of these in person. There are also phalluses/penises everywhere. Every street corner, sidewalks, random walls. Apparently they direct you to the brothels.
Edit: checked, and I should have put "phalli"!
PugJesus@piefed.social · 8 pts · 65d
Some of the penises did point towards the brothels, but many were just around on their own merits! The penis was considered a symbol of general good luck, fertility (of both kinds), and a ward against evil!
CJInVancouver@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 65d
Yeah for sure. I think it was just particularly interesting waking around Pompeii and seeing them like street signs.
PugJesus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 65d
The past is a funny place!
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 65d
For a microsecond I wondered how you could see these in person if you weren't alive 2000 years ago. It's been a long day...
SandmanXC@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 65d
Fair play going for the high five.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 64d
*High V.