Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box

Archaeologists in the Netherlands recently discovered a sizable conversation starter tucked away in a forgotten storage box. Amid a long overdue archive cataloguing project at Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen southeast of Amsterdam, researchers identified a roughly 7.8-inch-long penis carved from bone dating back 1,800–2,000 years to ancient Rome. Romans typically weren’t too scandalized by nudity in artwork, including depictions of male genitalia. Wh…