Wooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says

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A nearly 2,000-year-old wooden object in the shape of a penis could have served as a sexual tool by ancient Romans in Britain, according to a new study.

Published 3 months ago · Northumberland, United Kingdom

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BBC News

Hadrian's Wall: Wooden 'Roman sex toy' found in Northumberland

Experts believe it could have also been used as a good luck token or to prepare ingredients.

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

It’s not a darning tool, it’s a very naughty toy: Roman dildo found

Two thousand-year-old object found at Roman fort in Northumberland in 1992 has been reassessed by archaeologists

3 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Veni, vidi, vici: Roman pestle found in ditch could be a dildo

It is either a sexual implement or, archaeologists, say, it could be a penis-shaped pestle

3 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Wooden phallus found in Roman fort may be 1,800-year-old sex toy

Fresh analysis of the phallus has suggested that it was not used for darning, as originally thought - but may have been either a dildo or a totem of good luck.

3 months ago·United Kingdom

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CNN

Wooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says

A nearly 2,000-year-old wooden object in the shape of a penis could have served as a sexual tool by ancient Romans in Britain, according to a new study.

3 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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Wooden object nearly 2,000 years old suggests Romans used sex toys, study says

By Amarachi Orie, CNN A nearly 2,000-year-old wooden object in the shape of a penis could have served as a sexual tool by ancient Romans in Britain, according to a new study. The artifact was unearthed in 1992 in a ditch at the Roman Fort of Vindolanda, near Hadrian’s Wall, which once marked the Roman

3 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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