Pornography
When large scale excavations
of Pompeii were undertaken in the 1860s, much of the erotic art
of the Romans came to light, shocking the Victorians who saw
themselves as the intellectual heirs of the Roman Empire. They
did not know what to do with the frank depictions of sexuality,
and endeavored to hide them away from everyone but upper class
scholars. The moveable objects were locked away in the Secret
Museum in Naples, Italy and what could not be removed was covered
and cordoned off as to not corrupt the sensibilities of women,
children and the working class.
