Erotic art
Overtly sexual depictions or symbols
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Delos | ||
Etruscan Necropolises | Tarquinia: one of the tombs has a painting of two men whipping a woman. | |
Hampi | ||
Kathmandu Valley | Patan | |
Khajuraho Group of Monuments | ||
Mogao Caves | A large number of the caves are off-limits, because they are not of significant interest or they contain Tantric murals considered too sexually explicit for visitors | |
Pattadakal | ||
Pompei | Ancient brothel | |
Pont du Gard | Phallus | |
Quseir Amra | ||
Risco Caido | "This cavity is also richly decorated with triangular motifs, interpreted as representing the female pubic triangle as a symbol of fertility." | |
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Cahors | |
Sanchi | ||
Sun Temple, Konarak | ||
Tarraco | Phallus |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Erotic art?
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