Images

The Cathedral of Santa Caterina in Goa, India. Built in the first half of the 17th century when the city was part of Portuguese Goa.

A c. 1750 map of Portuguese Goa in India, capital of the Estado da India or Portuguese empire in the East.

A 16th-century portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque who established the colony of Portuguese Goa in India and who served as the Viceroy of the Estado da India from 1509 to 1515. (National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon)

The Jesuit Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, India. The basilica was built in Portuguese Goa from 1594 to 1605.

Port scene. Roman Fresco from Stabiae. Perhaps the harbour of Puteoli (ancient Pozzuoli). National Archaeological Museum, Naples

The Lupanar brothel in Pompeii.

Cover of The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper.

Elodie Harper, author of the historical fiction book The Wolf Den.

Woman Spying on Male Lovers by an unknown artist, Qing Dynasty. Chinese Sexual Culture Museum, Shanghai.

Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, Alexandria, Egypt, dug in the 2nd century CE.