Borrowing wives, having sex in public, masturbating in the river are just some of the strangest and most permissible sexual practices in antiquity. Although they seem bizarre, learn that these things were extremely common in civilizations around the world, and back then they were… normal. Find out more about how couples around the world made love and what sexual rituals they had.
In Babylon, prostitutes were considered holy
According to the Greek historian Herodotus, every woman in Babylon ended up in a brothel at least once in her life. Apparently, the men chose any woman they wanted to have sex with, and the woman saw intercourse as a sacred service to the gods.
The oldest 26,000 year old dildo
Ice age women used rocks as sex toys. The oldest dildo was found by scientists in 2005 in Germany and is believed to be 26,000 to 28,000 years old. Apparently, our ancestors were not too shy either, considering that the stone carved in the shape of a penis measured three centimeters wide and 20 centimeters long.
In ancient China you scheduled yourself to have sex
It seems that the emperors of Ancient China were so busy that they had sex on schedule. Historians believe that this schedule was made so that the emperors could have sex with different women, and they were scheduled according to their rank in society. In addition, to make these appointments, the emperors had secretaries.
Men were borrowing their wives to get pregnant
In ancient times, men in Arab nations would lend their wives to more “prestigious” men to get them pregnant. Children, on the other hand, were later considered the husband’s, not the man who got his wife pregnant.
Followers of Taoism believed that ejaculation killed them
In ancient China it was believed that ejaculating in large quantities could lead to death. In Taoism, this is somehow justified. It was believed that too much “jing”, meaning the essence of life, is lost through ejaculation.
Cleopatra had a vibrator made by herself
Cleopatra was quite creative, apparently. Rumor has it that she produced her own vibrator, and because she had to take matters into her own hands, she would fill a box with bees and then be satisfied with it.
Sex with virgins makes you immortal
This is what the fathers of Taoism believed. In ancient China it was believed that those who have sex with virgins will be immortal. Moreover, the younger the woman, the better. Some of the Taoist fathers had sex with 14-16 year old girls to get their “dose of immortality”. If the woman was older, they had the ding consumed (similar to the jing, meaning the essence of life).
How did the Irish make love? With their clothes on
On the island of Inis Beag in Ireland, no other sexual position was practiced except the missionary position. The more clothes you had on, the better, because everything happened quickly. In this case, the prelude was a kiss and, if you were lucky, a touch on the bottom.
The penis ring of antiquity
If you thought the award for creativity went to Cleopatra, find out that it actually goes to ancient China. This is where the first version of the penis ring was recorded, in the Jin and Song dynasties, made from the eyelids and eyelashes of goats. Eyelashes were used because they provided more stimulation and kept the penis erect for longer.
How did the Romans make love? Until sold out
In ancient Rome, sexual activity was quite prominent, and sometimes the inhabitants even ended up having sex in the streets, to the point of exhaustion. The walls of Pompeii and Rome have been found to harbor stories of sex marathons from antiquity. “A soldier from the 7th legion was here. Last night he satisfied six women and that’s not enough for a stallion.”
Egyptians masturbated in rivers
Just imagine that you are walking quietly by a river and suddenly you see several men in a line masturbating. Welcome to Ancient Egypt. In ancient times, the Egyptians believed that the god Atum created the universe with his sperm. For this reason, the pharaohs masturbated in public in the Nile to keep its water flowing.
2023-10-14 06:21:14
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