10 ancient artifacts with intimate overtones that can be seen in the most unexpected places

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Carnal pleasures have always occupied a special place in human life. But most prefer not to make it public, leaving all the secrets in the bedroom. At the same time, ancient erotic artifacts can be found all over the world and quite often in the most unexpected places: in the apartments of the Pope, in the city hall of Cologne, and just on the streets of cities.

1. Bathroom in the apartment of the Pope in the Vatican

Rumor has it that the Vatican has many ancient art objects depicting intimate scenes. This is not entirely true, although even the Papal Apartments could not do without the "strawberry". The bathroom, known as Stufetta del Bibbiena, was painted by Raphael in 1516 at the personal request of Cardinal Bibbiena. The walls are covered with images of lustful satyrs puffing on nymphs, floating naked goddesses and the goat god Pan, who displays his erect body.

2. Lustful demon in a British temple

Mere is a small village in the heart of Great Britain. It is difficult to imagine that these pastoral landscapes can be seen anything related to public eroticism. But those who visit the temple of St. Michael in Mera will see the stone figure of a slobbering demon hidden in the corner, greedily licking its testicles. This figurine is somewhat akin to "Sheela-na-gig". But if sculptural images of women with an enlarged vulva are found in old temples of the British Isles almost everywhere, then only three images of such lustful demons are known.

3. Intimate sculptures on the streets of European cities

In 2010, a new sculpture was unveiled on the central square of the Czech city of Brno, which was named "Obelisk". It was designed by student Petr Kamenik and was supposed to be a futuristic watch. One small "but" - "Obelisk" looks like a giant vibrator.

In Rotterdam today there is a statue that resembles a giant butt plug. In the winter of 2014, the Paris mayor's office installed a 25-meter Christmas tree, which in shape resembled the same ill-fated traffic jam. The Parisians were outraged and insisted on dismantling the "Christmas tree".

4. Tablets with lustful curses

Each person has quarreled with someone at least once in his life, and in the process of a quarrel, at least mentally, he wished the opponent all kinds of trouble. The ancients were more thoughtful - they carved their curses on tablets and buried them to make these wishes come true. Some of these curses found by archaeologists are pure filthiness.

On one such tablet from ancient Egypt, a certain woman, Ptolemaida, was wished that she never entered into an intimate relationship until she fell in love with the author of the tablet. The unhappy lover demanded from the gods "to drag her by the hair and by the guts until she was with the author of the tablet." Another tablet from Egypt calls on fate to tie a woman named Theodotis to the huge penis of God so that she can spend eternity.

5. The secret hidden by the gargoyles of the Cologne City Hall

The old building of the city hall in the German city of Cologne is especially popular with tourists. The gargoyle statues draw attention to the building. But only a few know about the obscene secret of the town hall. Hidden behind the statue of Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden is a 1410 sculpture depicting a man engaging in oral self-gratification.

6. Steamy pictures in medieval manuscripts

Building a library in medieval times was very tedious. Our ancestors copied each manuscript by hand, and sometimes it took years for one book. Probably, out of boredom, scribes often took liberties. In particular, celibate monks often depicted scenes of carnal pleasures. In the manuscript of 1350 in the text of the poem "The Peacock's Vow", a lover of anal pleasures is depicted. And in the text "Decretum Gratiani" of 1340 - a woman flying on the penis of a magic monster. In a drawing left in yet another manuscript, happy nuns pluck huge penises from trees.

7. Penis-shaped buildings

In 2013, Chinese architect Zhou Qi designed a new building for the state newspaper People's Daily. When the building first began to be erected, it looked from above exactly like a giant penis. Zhou said it was a ridiculous coincidence. Even so, history knows of cases when such projects were not accidental. The 18th-century French architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux created an architectural design for a "lonely phallus" house of tolerance, with bedrooms whose layouts symbolized the act of infiltration.

8. European pee fountains

Manneken Pis is a famous fountain that is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Brussels. And he is far from the only one of its kind. So, in the capital of Belgium in 1987, they also installed the "Pissing Girl".

In Prague, in the courtyard of the Franz Kafka Museum, stands the Man Pee Fountain by sculptor David Čern. Men stand on the map of the Czech Republic and, thanks to modern computer technology, they can not only relieve themselves, but also create inscriptions at the foot. Visitors can order a personalized inscription by sending the desired text via SMS to a special number.

In Florence there is Valerio Cioli's "Little Bacchus", the prototype of which was the dwarf Morgante, the jester at the court of Cosimo I. True, it is not he who spews the jet, but the turtle on which he sits.

In many cities, including Bologna, there are fountains in which water flows from women's nipples.

9. Stonehenge as an erotic symbol

There are many theories about the origin and purpose of Stonehenge. Someone associates this structure with alien beings, someone - with a religious cult. Professor Anthony Perky thinks differently. Back in 2003, a gynecologist carefully studied Stonehenge and stated that it was nothing more than a female symbol. His research has even been published in a reputable journal for the Royal Society of Medicine.

10. Israeli literary Nazi sex

In the early 1960s, Israeli society experienced one of the strangest phenomena in its short history. For a couple of years, bookstores have been busy selling "Stalags," a sub-genre of erotica in which curvy Nazi blondes captured and raped pilots in an Allied army. The Stalags were soon banned and faded into oblivion. The National Library of Israel to this day preserves an extensive collection of 80 works of this genre, but they do not like to remember this. Scientists say that with the help of Stalags, Israel first tried to counter the Holocaust in fiction.

Do not lag behind ancient and modern artists and sculptors. More than 10 years ago, the controversial Jeju Loveland park opened in South Korea. Where can you see 16 sexual fantasies captured in sculpture.