SEXUAL LIFE IN ANCIENT AGES – PART 3

Ancient people had a lot of medical remedies for a different necessities which worked as prescribed and some of those which did not work. Some of them are found amusing, one of such was funny remedy for birth control "wild dancing after intercourse, to put the sperm out."

SEXUAL LIFE IN ANCIENT AGES – PART 2

Number and diversity of Aphrodisiacs used by old nations is amazing. Not they have used only Aphrodisiacs, but they had sexual equipment, contraceptives for both sexes and help books. As much as we think we are more advanced then Ancient were, they could still compete with us with their imagination, practices, liberal thinking and open mindedness towards life.

SEXUAL LIFE IN ANCIENT AGES – PART 1

Erotic or sexually explicit finds from Pompeii, held in the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/65172294@N00/135531275/)

Looking at human sexual life we can notice that we are not much different from animals. There are endless interpretations of different sexual behavior which reflects psychology of individual and his place in society.

3/14/15 at 9:26:53 - PI CELEBRATION DATE AND TIME π

Math is fun

Math and Science lovers prepare your self for the unique day in your lifetime. This year Annual celebration of Pi day will have longer sequence of Pi numbers 3.141592653 (3/14/15 at 9:26:53). 
Just for fun you can start doing something on Pi date at Pi time for Pi length.

ANCIENT VENDING MACHINE

One of the most unusual inventions of Alexandria was definitely vending machine, invented by Heron (Hero Ctesibius 10 – 70 AD). He invented many gadgets and wrote pages and pages about them.

HISTORY OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT

The first known firefighting comes from ancient Egypt. They used kind of machinery to put out the fire. Than around 300 years BC Ctesibius from Alexandria made first firefighting pump. First version of firefighting pump was improved by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century BC and made famous by Romans.

POSTAL SYSTEM

Artist Name Unknown Title Cuneiform Tablets from Assyrian Trading Post Date circa 1875-1840 B.C. Place Made Anatolia Collection Area Art of the Middle East: Ancient Medium Clay Dimensions 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.35 x 5.08 cm) Credit Line Herbert R. Cole Collection.


 Assyrian is dead language that has not been spoken for two millennia.





If you were rich and lived in Assyria or Egypt 2000 BC (4000 years ago) you could send a letter even to another country (Empire).