It almost feels like some kind of elaborate multi-millennial prank. Imagine the look on their faces when they dig this up, thought some Neolithic artists.
Last year this carving was discovered at the the site of Sayburç in Turkey. It is dated to the ninth millennium BC, and is found next to communal and residential buildings:
If we go back 28,000 years ago, this life-size, highly-polished recreation of a penis – dare we say dildo? – was found in the Hohle Fels Cave, Germany.
This room that was unearthed in Karahan Tepe appears to full of 11 phallic statues:
And now, this week, the oldest statue of a man, also, found at Karahan Tepe, is also holding his penis.
Experts will all make their own opinions known, and we cab expect some of these ideas to be floated:
- fertility rites (for men?)
- warriors showing their virility
- tribe of homesexuals?
- world’s first penis enlargement clinic