Yea, ancients had a certain taste for decorations. For example in Assyria, to get an audience with their king Ashurbanipal, I believe, one had to go through a

Yea, ancients had a certain taste for decorations. For example in Assyria, to get an audience with their king Ashurbanipal, I believe, one had to go through a corridor full of heads of king's defeated enemies. We often forget how violent past was. It was extremely hard to live to adulthood without killing anyone.