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At Vindolanda, small, portable phalli made of bone or metal were commonly worn as pendants around the neck, to ward off evil and aid fertility.According to experts, this particular object's smooth surface suggests the owner touched it often for good luck...Vindolanda Charitable Trust posted the find to its Facebook page, where it was met with some hilarious comments...It is now at an on-site laboratory where it will be cleaned before going being researched further and going on public display at Vindolanda in 2026.Just under an inch (2.5cm) in length, the phallic charm was constructed out of jet, a dark, semi-precious...

Campaign tips from Cicero's brother sound awfully familiar It was a bitter and volatile campaign, with accusations of inconsistency, incompetence and scandal filling the air. Candidates competed to portray themselves as the true conservative choice, while voters fretted about the economy and war threatened in the Middle East. The year was 64 B.C., and Marcus Tullius Cicero was running for Roman consul. Cicero was a political outsider from a small town near Rome, but he was a brilliant man and gifted speaker, with a burning desire to gain the highest office in the ancient republic. As the campaign approached, his...