LIMA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Today Neil MacGregor is with a pottery warrior from a forgotten people ... But what was life and culture like in South America during the same period that Islam was transforming the Middle East?

The Mochica, or Moche, culture developed from 100 to 700 AD on ... Researchers also found pieces of pottery and the remains of camelids -- such as llamas and alpacas -- and guinea pigs.

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 ...