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Humans have always loved sex, a fact that's made clear in examples of erotic art from all eras and corners of the world
Humans have always loved sex, a fact that's made clear in examples of erotic art from all eras and corners of the world The ancient Egyptians had the Turin Erotic Papyrus, an 8.5-foot scroll dating to 1150 B.C.E. that depicted 12 vignettes of various sex positions. In India, the Khajuraho temples that were built between 950 and 1050 C.E. contain numerous sculptures of men, women, and animals partaking in sex acts of all kinds. And Shunga was a form of erotic art in which subjects were depicted in ink or on woodblock prints that was popular in Japan. The tradition was officially outlawed in 1722, but that didn't stop artists from producing it. Europeans were also a fan of erotica, and Greeks and Romans often created frescoes and sculptures of sex acts. In 1524, Marcantonio Raimondi created a series of engravings called "I Modi" or "The Ways" that depicted 16 sex positions in great detail. He was arrested and all original copies of the original text were d...