Ancient erotic ceramics find new use in detecting cancer

LIMA --- A Peruvian cancer prevention group has begun using erotic ceramics sculpted over a thousand years ago to teach men how to self-test for early signs of prostate and testicular cancer. In an event on Friday at Lima's Museo Larco, famous for its collection of pre-Columbian art, men were encouraged to touch the genitals of the clay sculpture replicas to learn how to perform a cancer self-test on their testicles and penis. The sculptures created by the Moche culture that thrived in northern Peru 100 to 800 years after Christ are known as erotic "huacos," a pre-Columbian term for handicrafts. The exhibition, called "Touch the Genitals of the Mochicas," was promoted by the...

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