PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days agoErotic mural found in Pompeii, Italy, the Roman Empire, buried 79 ADNSFWmedia.piefed.socialimagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-down1imageErotic mural found in Pompeii, Italy, the Roman Empire, buried 79 ADNSFWmedia.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.socialEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareCJInVancouver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-215 days agoI 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”!
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 days agoSome 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!
minus-squareCJInVancouver@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 days agoYeah for sure. I think it was just particularly interesting waking around Pompeii and seeing them like street signs.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoThe past is a funny place!
minus-squareSneezycat@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 days agoFor 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…
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”!
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!
Yeah for sure. I think it was just particularly interesting waking around Pompeii and seeing them like street signs.
The past is a funny place!
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…