writers sometimes deny the existence of sexual images in ancient Egyptian art,
insisting that erotica offended Egyptian religious sensibilities. The objects
here demonstrate the fallacy of those dams Nonetheless, what may appear to us
as pure obscenity was not necessarily seen as such by the Egyptians. Humour was
surely intended by some sexually laden images. and other meanings were
sometimes present as well.
The most explicit statement concerning the Egyptian attitude towards sexual behaviour refers not to the act itself, hut to the circumstances, and is given by Hcrodotus :" "The Egyptians were the first to make it a matter of religious observance not to have intercourse with women in temples nor to enter a temple without washing after being with a woman".

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