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 ...

Content warning: this article contains sexual imagery that may be inappropriate for some readers. We had no idea who Anita Steckel was when we stepped into Stanford Art Gallery. Not until we were ...

In Japan, amidst the blend of ancient tradition and modern innovation, lies one of the country's most talked-about festivals. The Kanamara Matsuri, or the Festival of the Steel Phallus, is an annual ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Since the age of the Romans, a lot has changed. Aqueducts have been replaced with sewer systems and indoor plumbing. Gladiator battles have been replaced by the National Football League. Even the ...

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have unearthed a stone carving of a giant phallus, which might have served a good luck charm at the time it was chiseled 2,000 years ago. The Roman-era millstone — ...

The penis, perhaps, in its most potent, primal state, might be one of the biggest (or maybe not so big …) mysteries unknown to man. At the sacral site of this sexual organ is an enormous world of ...