It turns out that there are some things that we humans have basically been doing since the beginning of time — and oral sex happens to be one of those hallowed, ancient traditions.
While it feels like the concept of giving and getting head was popularized in the s and brought into the mainstream by The Godfather and Deep Throat, the act has a long, rich history that dates back thousands of years.
Let's dive in, shall we? Art depicting sexual acts has been found around the globe, left behind by countless ancient peoples and dating back thousands of years. Author and scholar Thierry Leguay told Salon in that "the first clear real traces of fellatio are from ancient Egypt Osiris was killed by his brother and cut into pieces.
His sister Iris put the pieces together but, by chance, the penis was missing. An artificial penis was made out of clay, and Iris 'blew' life back into Osiris by sucking it. There are explicit images of this myth.
In the city of Pompeii, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, archeologists uncovered ancient baths decorated with erotic frescoes, reported the Independent in , including depictions of oral sex. Antonio Varone, who helped lead the excavation of the baths, told the Independent that the frescoes include depictions of "fellatio and cunnilingus" as well as group sex. Another ancient building uncovered in Pompeii, a brothel called the Lupanare , includes similar erotic frescoes as well as a sign advertising the services of a prostitute whose speciality was oral sex.
