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Modern Architecture and Ancient Symbology - A Freudian Analysis The architectural nature of many modern buildings has its roots in the phallic symbols employed by Ancient Near Eastern civilizations in the earliest fertility rites. Artistic manifestations of the phallus can be found from Tunisia to Mesopotamia to India and beyond in the form of sculpture and wall relief's, and are frequently mentioned in ancient literature (the "sacred poles" of many Biblical accounts, for example). These representations originally served religious functions, in company with the famous fertility goddess statuettes of the ancient world and such other symbols of virility as the Minoan bull or Germanic rabbit. As time passed, cultures rose and fell and new ways of thinking began to dominate the minds of ancient peoples. The phallus largely lost its religious significance with the rise and evolution of new world religions and systems of thought based on reason that transformed the...

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