Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sculpture. Show all posts

Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Ain Sakhiri Lovers: Parent Of Modern Pornography : a couple, a penis, breasts, or a vagina depending on the direction it is viewed

Ain Sakhri lovers


The Ain Sakhri lovers figurine is a sculpture found in one of the Ain Sakhri caves near Bethlehem.The sculpture is considered to be 11,000 years old and it to be the oldest known representation of two people engaged in sexual intercourse.

Monday, 26 July 2010

The Bamian Buddhas And Bengal Sufi Heritage

One Of The Bamian Buddha 1976

Never the name of a place intrigued me more than the name, 'Balkh'!My grandfathers name was Jamir Shah whose shrine is in the Comilla district of Bangladesh. The first Shah to arrive in Bengal from Afghanistans Balkh region in the 10th century was Sultan Shah Balkhi who was also known as Mahishawar or The Fish Rider!Sultan took up the life of a Dervish and embraced the Sufy path.