Many Greek and Roman authors including Theopompus of Chios and Plato referred to the Etruscans as immoral. During later Roman times, the word Etruscan was almost synonomous with prostitute, and Livy's histories moralise about the rape of Lucretia, where Roman women are seen as

The frescos from the Tomb of the Bulls (Tombe dei Tori) in Tarquinia are characterised by fertility symbols, although the meaning of some of the symbolism is not entirely clear. The panel on the left depicts a heterosexual scene involving two couples, whereas the scene on the

While forming such hypotheses, we must also be cogniscant of the changing influences over time. Of the tomb scenes, the Tomb of the Bulls is the oldest, dated at around 520 BC. The tomb of the floggings is approximately 50 years younger, about the same age as the Tomb of the

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Erotic ancient Babylonian tablet. From Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna), Diyala Valley, Iraq. The Ancient Babylonian period, 2000-1500 BC. e. Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

This reclining cow once decorated the facade of the Ninhursag Temple in Tell al-Ubaid, in the territory of the modern province of Dhi Qar, Iraq. The early dynastic period, 2800-2600 BC E. is on display at the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.

This is a votive statuette of a Sumerian male worshipper from the square temple of Abu in Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna, Mesopotamia, Iraq), III early Dynastic period, 2600-2400 BC. e.

This is a votive statuette of a Sumerian male worshipper from the square temple of Abu in Tell Asmar (ancient Eshnunna, Mesopotamia, Iraq), III early Dynastic period, 2600-2400 BC.

A statue of a Sumerian male worshipper from a treasure trove in the Nintu V Temple in Khafaja (ancient Tutub), Mesopotamia, Iraq. Early dynastic period, 2600-2400 BC

A Sumerian male priest from the Shara Temple in Tell Agrabah, Mesopotamia, Iraq. The early dynastic period, 2600-2400 BC. e. The eyes are made of shell filled with bitumen, and the pupils are made of black limestone. Eyebrows are painted with bitumen.

This is a fragment of a female votive statue carved from diorite. The location and date of the excavation are unknown. This fragment was acquired from Captain H. W. Cowley in 1896 A.D. Neo-Sumerian period, Ur III, 2100-2000 B.C. From Mesopotamia, Iraq.

Etruscan male head from Latium. III century BC (Antiken Collections, Munich, Germany)

Çakmaktepe is thought to be older than Göbekli Tepe. So I wonder if this stone artefact uncovered at Çakmaktepe represents the start of the practice of recording animals in stone that would become more elaborate over time (as seen in the T-pillars at GT). When I look at the Taş

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An eerie view of Sacsayhuaman under the rain. Almost all the visitors were gone and I felt walking in a remote forgotten world ..!

The Normans preparing for the invasion of England

You'd think that all the geoglyphs of the Nazca region have been documented by now, but that's not the case. There are dozens of geometric geoglyphs that don't resemble the anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figurative designs of the most famous figures, nor the trapezoidal shapes

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It is characteristic that the name of the ruler of Gudea, which in the Sumerian text is a tetramorph, is translated into Akkadian as nabi'um ‘prophet'.