"The Romans felt no shame regarding genitalia. Depictions of them were viewed as part of life and culture, not solely as sexual symbols."
"This carved-bone phallus, measuring 7.9 inches, may be the first of its kind discovered, as Romans usually crafted similar items from stone or metal."
During a government-funded inventory project, the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands, uncovered a carved-bone phallus attributed to the Ancient Romans. This find was part of a larger collection of 16,000 boxes from various archaeological sites. The province of Gelderland allocated €8 million for the six-year project to assess the historical value of these items. The phallus, measuring 7.9 inches, may be the first of its kind made from organic material, as Romans typically used stone or metal for such carvings.
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