Prostitution has been practiced throughout ancient and modern culture
Earliest records dated by Sumerian shows Prostitution as a sacred occupation.
Greek historian Herodotus documented that sacred prostitution was a common practice.
goddess ishtar
Sumerian records describe temple-bordello operated by Sumerian priests in the city of
Uruk. This temple was dedicated to the Ishtar,
you could find three different tipe of women
Divided by grades:
The first grade of women were only permitted to perform sexual rituals in the temple
the second grade catered the visitors
the third were free to find customers in the streets
Male prostitution
In the Canaan region A significant portion of temple prostitutes were male. This was also practiced in the Phoenician cultures, usually in honor of the goddess Ashtart
Emperor Constantine
Such practices came to an end when the emperor Constantine in the 4th century AD destroyed the goddess temples and replaced the religious practices with Christianity.
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