Secret cabinet

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The Secret Cabinet ( Gabinetto Segreto ) refers to part of the exhibits in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples . These are found objects from Roman antiquity , all of which depict erotic motifs. Most of the finds come from Pompeii .

The found objects are paintings, frescoes, vases, sculptures and even erotic furnishings such as an oil lamp in the shape of a phallus . On the basis of a specially established taxonomy , it was possible to distinguish between pornographic and non- pornographic finds. From 1821 the collection was not accessible to the public at all or only to a limited extent.

  • Activity between Pan and a goat

  • Mercury with penis

  • Erotic relief

  • Erotic representation, 1

  • Erotic representation, 2

  • Erotic representation, 3

  • Man with an erect limb

  • Flying penis

  • An erotic cruise

  • Testing a breast

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Commons : Secret Cabinet in the Museo Archeologico (Naples)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 51 '12.2 "  N , 14 ° 15' 1.7"  E