The1st Classic Dildos

Silstone Phallus Scientists recently discovered the world’s oldest sex toy, a prehistoric dildo with a rounded, polished end and carved rings. Uncovered during a cave excavation in Germany, the siltstone phallus is estimated to be about 28,000 years old. The toy is being studied at a German university—but you don’t need to trek it to Deutschland to see ancient dildos. The World Erotic Art Museum has a plethora of old sexy-time relics on display, right here in Miami Beach.

Dildos have been around for a long, long time. Ever since humans invented stone tools, they have also been fashioning phallic objects as well. The earliest known sex toy ever found dates back 28,000 years ago. This phallus artifact, caved out of siltstone, is a 7.8 inch stone dildo called a “bâton de commandement” and was found in a cave in Germany. Another chalk phallus, from a Neolithic hedge in Dorechster, England dates back to 2,500 B.C. during the Bronze Age. While archeologists speculate that some of these artifacts may have been used as fertility symbols to help crops grow, or even magical items to ward off evil spirits, others believe the intended use for these objects are quite obvious and indeed were used for a sexual purpose. Many “ice age batons” were carved from stone, bone or antler horn (Sweden 4,000 to 6,000 BC)[v], however, a variety of the first dildos were made from a wide assortment of materials including tar, wood, breadsticks, un-ripe bananas, plantains, gourds and even dried camel dung coated in resin. Throughout history other materials such as lacquered wood (China 15th century), glass dildos (1590s), as well as double dildos made of wood (19th century Zanzibar),[viii] cast bronze (Ancient China), and “eightfingered leather dildos”[ix] (411 BC) were fashioned for sexual purposes. Julius Caesar is said to have given Queen Cleopatra “an elaborately carved, gold inlaid penis sculpture,”[x] perhaps for sexual fulfillment for when he was away from her. In ancient China, hollow cast bronze dildos that released liquid—an ancient form of the “squirting” dildo—have been discovered. These were used to service wealthy men’s numerous wives in order to “prevent them from resorting to lesbianism”.

It appears our ancient ancestors were no less imaginative than we are today and created dildos, (also called “olisbos”from Ancient Greekmeaning to slip, glide) in all manner of shapes, sizes and materials designed for sexual pleasure. The ancient Greeks even used leather and animal intestine over carved dildos for “a more natural feel” , texture and enhanced comfort, while ancient Italians made their dildos from leather and used olive oil as a lubricant. During the Renaissance, dildos (or “fascinum” in Latin, “godemiche” in French and “diletto” from the Italian meaning “delight”) were even more elaborate and used as a “fashion” accessory. In “Ornamentalism: The Art of Renaissance Accessories”[xv] dildos were described as being made of sewn velvet, thick congealed glass called “dildo glasses”, and were used to “renew a maid after childbirth”. Lesbians also used dildos (or strap-ons) for the purposes of cross-dressing, urinating while standing, female marriage and anal sex.