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German Herald Stone age men apparently believed in an afterlife where they could romp with mythical creatures after scientist's found what may be the world's oldest erotic picture. 
The image was discovered by a German team digging at the world's oldest temple who found an image of a 12,000-year-old erect penis.The image was found carved on a stone at the Gobekli Tepe temple in Turkey that pre-dates Stonehenge by seven thousand years - and shows a headless man with an erect penis romping with mythical creatures. Jens Notroff, a spokesperson for the German Archaeological Institute, said: "In the picture you can clearly see on the carving a man's body with an erect penis." There is also a giant vulture and a scorpion - and a strange disk that could be the sun. Notroff added: "The man's head is missing. The head was seen as the carrier of the soul so a depiction without a head indicates it is meant to represent the fact that he had died and moved on into the afterlife. "In this case the dead man has already passed over - hence his head is missing. But to be honest we are still working on figuring out the meaning of the depictions. We see the signs - but cannot understand their meaning. "You could compare it with somebody excavating a Christian church with the cross and all but having no clue as to what it means. We know these were religious images - what the gods were called we have no idea." The site includes several monoliths at the centre meant to represent gods and including the carvings and surrounded by a further 50 pillars to complete the temple. Prof. Klaus Schmidt who is heading the team said: "This was at a time when writing did not exist - so names could not be passed on." Images of naked women believed to be fertility symbols have been found that are of a similar age but this is believed to be the first showing a naked and aroused man.
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