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| Menu of a spanking |
In this blog of our tour through Pompeii, Italy, we'll take you to one of the places most frequented, with an impressive "menu" and tell you how phallic symbols gave directions. Really. :)
THE BROTHEL - We learned that the brothel was apparently one
of the most popular places in Pompeii from the time it was built until
the time it was covered with ash from Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Because
Pompeii was near the River Sarno and the Bay of Naples, men who sailed
on both would come to the city looking for pleasure. Of course, back
then men could be with women or men, or women with men or women. It made
no difference (as it shouldn't).
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| Another Menu Item |
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| Stone bed in the brothel |
THE MENU - On the walls of the brothel as you enter are murals. These are actually "menus" where all you have to do is point to get the "service" you want. There are couples involved in all kinds of sexual acts. So, if the sailors didn't speak the local language or dialect, it made it easy just to point to the picture. Clever.
ROOMS - There were also rooms where people could go to do their business, and there were pools to clean off afterward. They seemed to think of everything!
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| A penis direction to the brothel |
PENIS DIRECTIONS - Our tour guide, Maria pointed to the corners of many buildings as we walked through the un-buried city. Many of the buildings had a stone carved shape of a penis, and she said it pointed in the direction of the brothel! She said that it was the most popular place in the city.
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