The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.

July 28, 2005 — -- It might be small and older than old but there's little doubt about what the stone object represents. The not-quite-8-inch polished stone sculpture, found in a cave in ...

JEFFREY TOBIN is an associate professor in Occidental College's department of critical theory and social justice. MY 15 MINUTES of fame can be measured by Googling “phallus” and “phallologocentrism” ...

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In 1992, archaeologists discovered an oblong-shaped object in northern England. Found next to shoes and clothing accessories, the wooden item—which had a wide base and a narrow tip—was at the time ...

A carving of a phallus in a rock would probably seem like the handiwork of a bored youth today, but such imagery was especially common in ancient Greece and Rome as a symbol of good luck rather than a ...

Every year, on the first Sunday of April, thousands of people line the streets of the Japanese city of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, to celebrate the male genitalia. Welcome to Kanamara Matsuri, literally ...

Charlotte Allen is an editor at Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus." THE “DIRTY DOZEN” list of “America’s Most Bizarre and Politically Correct College ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Avery Nelson/TMD. The penis, perhaps, in its most potent, primal state, might be one of the ...

An annual festival held to celebrate PENISES has been held - and hundreds have gathered to see enormous phalluses parade the streets. Shinto Kanamara Matsuri, aka the Festival of the Steel Phallus, ...