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The spintriae: brothel tokens or gaming pieces?
They are often presented as the small change of Roman brothels. The British Museum is markedly more cautious: these first-century tokens were probably gaming pieces.
The spintriae: brothel tokens or gaming pieces?
They are often presented as the small change of Roman brothels. The British Museum is markedly more cautious: these first-century tokens were probably gaming pieces.
Before rubber: what we know about the earliest ...
It is tempting to begin the history of the condom with rubber, or to lose it in an ancient legend. The most solid sources tell of a more precise beginning,...
Before rubber: what we know about the earliest ...
It is tempting to begin the history of the condom with rubber, or to lose it in an ancient legend. The most solid sources tell of a more precise beginning,...
Was there a “first” sex machine?
It is tempting to trace sex machines back to the nineteenth century. The patents tell a more recent, and clearer, story, beginning in the 1970s.
Was there a “first” sex machine?
It is tempting to trace sex machines back to the nineteenth century. The patents tell a more recent, and clearer, story, beginning in the 1970s.
The first dildo in history? What we can actuall...
It is often said that a stone object, nearly thirty thousand years old, is the world’s first dildo. The sources invite far more caution.
The first dildo in history? What we can actuall...
It is often said that a stone object, nearly thirty thousand years old, is the world’s first dildo. The sources invite far more caution.
The erotic papyrus of Turin: an “Egyptian Kama ...
It is sometimes called, a little too quickly, the “Egyptian Kama Sutra”. The Museo Egizio in Turin is clear: it is a satire, not a manual.
The erotic papyrus of Turin: an “Egyptian Kama ...
It is sometimes called, a little too quickly, the “Egyptian Kama Sutra”. The Museo Egizio in Turin is clear: it is a satire, not a manual.
The “secret museums”: when erotic antiquity was...
In the nineteenth century, Naples and London set aside, in a reserved room, the antique objects judged too daring. These cabinets tell the story of a way of locking the...
The “secret museums”: when erotic antiquity was...
In the nineteenth century, Naples and London set aside, in a reserved room, the antique objects judged too daring. These cabinets tell the story of a way of locking the...