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Brothel Pictures From Pompeii

From Corinne Gill, for About.com

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Priapus appeared in the entryway

Corinne Gill
On top of the doorways of the lupanar (brothels) in Pompeii were frescoes of the first century A.D. women to be found inside plying their trade on the stone couches.

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