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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:09:10 +0530
Erotic Murals Re-Exposed
The frescoes are like a list of offerings -- with a sexual position to
satisfy everyone's preferences. Now, after a year-long restoration, the
brothel in the ancient city of Pompeii is once again open for visitors.
"It's like a menu," the tour guides like to say, before going into
detailed descriptions of the lewd frescoes plastered all over the walls.
As if the descriptions are needed. The wide variety of creative sexual
positions is clear for all to see. "And look here, Lewinsky style..." --
nervous tittering from the American tour group.
But tour guides at Pompeii -- the city buried by an eruption of Mt.
Vesuvius in 79 AD -- are likewise feeling a bit more jovial these days.
After all, one of the main attractions is open again. As of late last
week, tourists could once again tromp through the Lupanare, the ancient
city's colorful whorehouse.
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,445134,00.html