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In one of the Main Temple’s first apses, archaeologists found this “Venus de Malta.” Interestingly, most experts no longer think that fat women always represent pregnancy; these voluptuous ladies likely symbolized abundance and prosperity. (“Fat = health and wealth” is a common theme throughout history.) By the way, the rich modeling of flesh shows that, despite their supposed Paleo diet, these people were intimately familiar with the realities of being overweight; obesity isn’t theoretical to them.

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