18th century sex toy discovered by archaelogists in Poland
The 250-year-old sex toy was found while digging an ancient latrine in Baltic city of Gda?sk
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-04-16 16:59 GMT
Archaeologists digging in an ancient latrine in Gda?sk, Poland found something unexpected while chipping away at an ancient bathroom — a 250-year-old sex toy. According to the Daily Mail, archaeologists at the site earlier discovered old swords leading them to suspect that the place was once a school of swordsmanship. The artifact has now been taken away for preservation work.
'It is quite thick and rather large, made of leather and filled with bristles, and has a wooden tip that has preserved in excellent condition. It was probably dropped by someone in the toilet," a spokesman for the Regional Office for the Protection of Monuments in Gdansk was quoted saying.
According to the Mirror, many sex toys have been found throughout history in one shape or form. Even Upper Palaeolithic artifacts are thought to have been sex toys used for erotic pleasure.They also mentioned that an Austrian museum has the world’s oldest condom on display, reportedly alongside the fragments of four other condoms dating from approximately 1650. These were apparently also discovered in a toilet, but this time in Dudley Castle in the West Midlands.