What the cult of Aphrodite reveals about ancient attitudes towards love—and desire
A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...
Mysterious Red-Painted Dog Penis Bone Found in Ancient Roman Shaft
The surprising artifact could be evidence of fertility rituals—or just one of history’s strangest good luck charms.
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Ancient dog penis bone — stained red for Roman fertility ritual — found in UK quarry
At an ancient Roman quarry in Surrey, England, an oddly colored bone suggests it may have been used in a fertility ritual, researchers said. elliot via Unsplash Ahead of a development project at ...
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Archaeologists discover bizarre artefact from long-lost fertility ritual
The 13ft deep limestone shaft in Surrey’s Ewell area was found in 2015 and excavations at the first century AD site have since unearthed a trove of ancient ... connected to fertility as a ...
An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"
The sun stones correspond with the decline of the so-called Funnel Beaker tradition in European Neolithic culture, or the era ...