Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LIMA, Peru — A thousand years before “Fifty Shades of Grey” steamed up movie theaters, ancient cultures in Peru were depicting sex in many shades of clay, ...

Cusco, Peru — In 1923, Rafael Larco Hoyle came home to Peru after nine years studying in the U.S. His father gave him a present: a 1,000-year-old piece of pottery, a startlingly realistic portrait ...

The Larco Museum of Lima is an extraordinary collection of Pre-Colombian work in pottery, textiles, silver and gold. It is the personal collection of Rafael Larco Hoyle (1901-1966). The collection is ...

They say sex sells. But sometimes it just gets you into trouble, if the attendant following me is anything to go by. I'm in the erotic pottery section of Lima's Larco Museum – scribbling notes, taking ...

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 ...

The Larco Museum in Lima boasts that it has "the finest gold and silver collection from ancient Peru," and indeed, its gold and silver pieces are eye-popping. Nevertheless, it was the lowly pottery ...

China's first lady Peng Liyuan, together with the wives of other APEC leaders, visited the Larco Museum in the Peruvian capital on Saturday. The private museum, founded in 1926 by Rafael Larco Hoyle, ...

For something a little different, head to The Larco Museum. This museum of Pre-Columbian Art is frequently in the news for its expansive range of galleries that encompass over four thousand years of ...

An exhibition looks to pre-Hispanic figure from the Mochica culture to promote awareness of prostate and testicular cancer, at the Larco Museum, in Lima, Peru. Photo: Larco Museum A Peruvian cancer ...