This Wooden Phallus Might Be a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Dildo

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This Wooden Phallus Might Be a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Dildo
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Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a rare example of an ancient sex toy carved from wood, found in a Roman fort known for a plethora of phallic motifs.

The ruins of Vindolanda fort sit near Hadrian's Wall in England on the borderlands of what was once the great Roman Empire.symbols representing penises

The object was initially discovered in 1992 and rather innocently assumed to be a darning tool. But researchers are now pretty sure that it is actually a disembodied penis. While the tool does look like it could crush soft materials, an absence of staining or discoloration on the object's blunt end means there's no easy way to confirm this particular hypothesis.

"We know that the ancient Romans and Greeks used sexual implements – this object from Vindolanda could be an example of one,"The wooden phallus from Vindolanda.

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