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With walls still adorned with images of the erotic arts, the ancient lupanar, or brothel, of the miraculously preserved Roman city of Pompeii, destroyed in and preserved by the ash of a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.
Although most of the erotic art was ushered out of the ancient city and into private collections or the extraordinary collection known as the Gabinetto Segreto in Naples, the frescos in the Lupanar Grande still adorn the walls above stone beds where the prostitutes of Pompeii plied their trade. Other erotic art at Pompeii remains intact at the House of the Vetti and the Suburban Baths.
It is unclear whether, revealed during excavations at Pompeii in 1862, were intended to act specifically as a sort of sexual menu, enumerating the pleasures available, or if they were merely thematically appropriate atmospheric decoration. The frescos depict graphically sexual scenes, some with more artistry than others.
Ancient graffiti covers the walls where ten small rooms with stone beds once served customers. The Lupanar Grande was the largest of Pompeii's known brothels, most of which were one room affairs, much more modest than this relative pleasure palace.
Elsewhere in town, the pricing structure of the brothels are recorded at the Basilica, revealing the very reasonable and varied rates and services available.
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