Lost for 1,600 years, the royal quarters of Cleopatra were discovered off the
shores of Alexandria. A team of marine archaeologists, led by Frenchman, Franck
Goddio, began excavating the ancient city in 1998. Historians believe the site
was submerged by earthquakes and tidal waves, yet, astonishingly, several
artifacts remained largely intact.
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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