Ancient erotica: art through the ages

A tiny sculpture of a woman with pronounced breasts and genitals is the latest archaeological find to come from the Hohle Fels caves in Germany. Take a look at this and other examples of erotic art from ancient times, from homoerotic drinking cups to the graphic frescoes that survived Pompeii

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Side and front views of the Venus of Hohle Fels. At 35,000 years old, the tiny sculpture, carved in mammoth ivory, is believed to be the earliest example of figurative art yet found clipped from www.guardian.co.uk The Venus of Willendorf, discovered in Austria, is believed to have been made between 22,000 and 25,000BC clipped from www.guardian.co.uk ttic red figures depict an erotic scene on an ancient Greek drinking plate. clipped from www.guardian.co.uk An erotic fresco from the recently excavated suburban baths in Pompeii clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Another erotic fresco clipped from www.guardian.co.uk oman and a satyr, a Roman erotic fresco from Pompeii clipped from www.guardian.co.uk A second-century Roman statue of Pan, the mythological figure, being intimate with a goat clipped from www.guardian.co.uk his Roman silver cup, which depicts homoerotic scenes, is known as the Warren cup clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Sleeping Hermaphroditus clipped from www.guardian.co.uk ustralian Aboriginal rock painting clipped from www.guardian.co.uk sixth-century Cham sculpture clipped from www.guardian.co.uk piece of Mochica pottery from Peru clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Hindu erotic carvings on the Kandariya Mahadeva temple, India, circa 1050BC