The story of sex, eroticism and pornography IV. - The Ancient Egypt

The story of sex, eroticism and pornography IV. - The Ancient Egypt

Fetishism, pedophilia, and zoophilia, sex on papyrus - these are little known sexual habits of ancient Egyptians. Egyptian erotic sources are much more subdued than the Greek and Roman sexual depictions, and very few textual or pictorial sources, erotic depictions, sex-graffiti, and sex-related hieroglyphs or texts have survived.

Gods in constant erection

The sexuality of the gods is evidenced by many sources, and the drawings show mainly the intercourse of the gods. In the Egyptian view, sexuality was strongly associated with life, fertility, birth and rebirth, and thus with some gods. Among the Egyptian gods, it is often unclear which of them is male or female and very common asexual gods. Min fertility god, for example, was depicted with a continuous erection. Its skin color is usually black, which symbolizes the mud of the Nile, one of the symbols of the dressing salad (also known as Roman salad), which was an aphrodisiac in ancient Egypt. Among the goddesses, Hathor embodies sexuality. 

Hathor

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She is the goddess of love, fertility, joy, music and drunken stupidity. Sometimes these gods have opposite-sex counterparts. Typical male-female godparents are Su-Tefnut, Geb-Nut, Isis-Osiris. They usually unite with each other, symbolizing fertility and rebirth so important to Egyptians. Love, sex, incest, and homosexuality were also present in the myths about the gods. A good example of depictions of their sexuality is the conception of Horus. According to the myth, Osirist was killed by his brother Seth in jealousy. Isis searched for her husband's body, then turned into a bird and floated over her dead husband's penis.

Isis and Osiris

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However, average and everyday eroticism, sexual intercourse between people, appears only in very few sources. The sexual behavior of Egyptian rulers is a well-known topic in Egyptian research. A 2000-year-old Egyptian stele depicted Cleopatra as a male pharaoh; In the Egyptian cult of beauty, hundreds of thousands of tourists admire the temple of Abu Simbel, II. Ramses smile. One of the constant subjects of the investigations is Nofertiti's famous bust.

Nofertiti

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However, barely more than 30 drawings depict sexual intercourse between people. Most of them are in the so-called "Tergo" (from behind) positivity, which would suggest that this was the usual pose. You can see such a drawing in a private tomb. Probably Pharaoh Hatshepsut and her lover, Senenmut are on it. According to Spanish researchers, however, Tergo portrayal is not a sexual act, but a humiliating exercise of power over a partner - in this case, both men could be.

Some drawings show couples in a "normal" position, but they may not be explicitly sexual, but a hieroglyphic sign. Two drawings also show the "missionary" posture, though one is hard to pin down.

As for the written sources, the Turinian erotic papyrus, for example, contains very clear scenes of sexual intercourse, showing the experiences of a man in a brothel. Because of its extremely obscene depictions, the papyrus has not yet been reproduced in its entirety, but researchers have doubts about it. Men's facial features, disproportionately large penis and women's acrobatic posture are more satirical. Since no such copy exists and its origin is unclear, it can also be presumed that an individual recorded his memories for entertainment purposes.

Abu Simbel

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Egyptian erotic texts and written sources sometimes refer to fetishism, pedophilia, and zoophilia, but since it is much poorer than the Greek and Roman sexual depictions, it is difficult to conclude.

However, there are some popular bizarre sexual desire enhancers known from ancient Egypt, such as:

·  lotus wine has a potentiating effect and was known to have a mild hallucinogen,

·  camel manure dildo - camel manure is well shaped and dries well

·  crocodile feces are not used - it was used as a contraceptive,

·  Cleopatra's Vibrator - According to the myth, the pharaoh locked a bee-bone in a thick papyrus cylinder and caused the sexual pleasure of the resulting vibrating object,

·  mummified penises: more than one mummified penis was buried next to the ruling class women so that they wouldn't miss the sex and erotic in the afterlife.