Pre-AD scarcity bred worship of heroic male strength and muscular physiques. Sumerians and Greeks epicized bold warriors in art. Assyrians depicted men wrestling lions barehanded. Ramesses II statues flaunt ripped torsos oozing testosterone. Real Ramesses mummy is scrawny and hideous unlike heroic carvings. Egyptians fused human-animal gods like bird-headed Ba souls. Persians sculpted heroes battling winged bull monsters. Assyrians used bearded winged bulls as palace guardians. Ancients mummified bodies for afterlife revival. Gold and gems fueled lustful jewelry from abundant mines. Scythians crafted alert deer in gold headpieces. Persians molded lifelike goats on silver cups. Greeks invented rhyta animal drinking horns for divine communion. Satyrs like Pan embody wild forest revelry and sexual freedom.