Posted on 08/26/2022 9:37:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A crude drawing spray-painted onto a lamppost or scribbled inside a school textbook may cause an eye roll, but wouldn't be too surprising.
However archaeologists were taken aback when they discovered an 18-inch (half-metre) phallic carving in an ancient Roman settlement known as El Higuerón.
Excavations by the Museo Histórico Local de Nueva Carteya uncovered the bas-relief penis, which was unveiled on the museum's social media channels last Friday.
El Higuerón, a municipality of Nueva Carteya in Spain, was occupied by Iberians in the 4th century BC until the Roman conquest of the region around 206 BC.
They erected a tower-shaped building on its ruins which is currently being uncovered, and carved the phallus on one of its cornerstones.
Romans believed the symbol was the embodiment of masculine power and brought about protection and good fortune, so depictions have been found throughout Roman culture.
Andrés Roldán, a researcher at the University of Extremadura and director of the museum, described it as 'unusually large'.
He told El País: 'It was common to put them on the facades of houses, and soldiers carried small phallic amulets as symbols of virility.
'We are currently researching whether one of similar dimensions has been previously found.'
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When his legions were on the march, Caesar’s men sang one or more songs warning the locals to, basically, lock up their daughters and wives, because Julio was going to nail ‘em all.
Caesar’s Triumph (“Ecce Caesar Nunc Triumphat”)
Yes, It’s True: “My Darling Clementine” and the “Ode to Joy” Use the Same Meter as a Song Sung at Julius Caesar’s Triumph in 45 B.C.
https://medium.com/in-medias-res/caesars-triumph-ecce-caesar-nunc-triumphat-754c2f7eecab
Okay, in a first, 49 out of 50 of my main posts page are from this topic. Nice job, ya deve’s.
In Ancient Rome it wasn’t unusual to have bi-sexual men, especially those in powerful positions. I saw this on YouTube, no one really thought anything of it, men married to have children and then would have affairs with boys or other men. Yet all of that was accepted as normal. So when did that attitude change, my guess is when the Catholic Church was founded, yet those in the priest hood continued to have sex. Hypocrisy and Mendacity at it’s finest.
Aw, c’mon, man! That’s Larry the Cucumber taking a nap.
I wonder if they have a “touch and feel” exhibit like they do at the petting zoo?
Lol! The British have a game show similar to that; “Wear this blindfold and descibe what it is that you are touching!”
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