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  • Archaeologists recover ancient 'fertility statuettes' from famed Tuscan hot springs

    08/12/2022 8:35:00 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 8 replies
    CNN (Clinton's Non-News) ^ | Updated 10th August 2022 | Silvia Marchetti
    Rare items believed to have been used as votive offerings to the gods -- including so-called fertility statuettes shaped like a phallus, a womb and a pair of breasts -- have been dug out from the site's mud. So have 3,000 ancient coins, 700 of which are freshly minted -- and still shiny. In the second century AD, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Carus had the coins thrown into the baths to honor gods watching over his health, as well as that of all Romans traveling to San Casciano for thermal treatment...During Etruscan and Roman times, womb-shaped votive offerings were usually...