Most Bizarre Ancient Objects And How They Were Used

From personal hygiene before toilet paper to male member control devices, here are 11 popular ancient objects and how they were used.

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11. Codpieces
Popular during the Middle Ages, the codpiece was a male accessory that both concealed and drew attention to a man’s private area. It was appropriately named, as “cod” was the Middle English word for both “bag” and “scrotum,” according to Lynne Appino, who explained that the original codpiece was nothing more than a triangular cloth that covered the male private parts.

10. The First Breath Mints
While the Ancient Egyptians lacked the sugary diet we’re so fond of today, they were far from immune to tooth decay, especially because their foods often contained lots of grit and sand from the stones they used to grind ingredients with. These materials eroded tooth enamel, making teeth vulnerable to infections.

9. The Urumi
With a name that literally translates to “curling blade,” the urumi is a sword that hails from southern India. The weapon possibly dates back to somewhere between the 4th and 2nd centuries B.C., but it quickly fell out of favor in the region. It survives today among two types of Indian martial arts, called Kalaripayattu and Silambam.

8. Ancient Door Locks
Six thousand years ago, an Ancient Egyptian locksmith created what’s believed to be the first-ever pin tumbler lock, which involves inserting a key into a hollowed out bolt and manipulating pins within the mechanism to disengage the lock. If that sounds familiar -- perhaps similar to modern-day locks -- that’s because some of today’s locks are built on the same principle, containing what’s called a pin-and-tumbler system.

7. Divje Babe Flute
In 1995, archaeologists Ivan Turk and Janez Dirjec discovered the world’s oldest known instrument, the Divje Babe flute, in a cave near Cerkno, Slovenia. Estimated to be around 60,000 years old, the four-holed Paleolithic instrument was created by Neanderthals, who carved it from the femur of a young bear.

6. Tersorium
Have you ever wondered how humans got by when it comes to personal hygiene before toilet paper existed? A tersorium, also called a xylospongium or a sponge on a stick, is pretty much what it sounds like.

5. YAKHCHAL
A yakhchāl was an ancient dome-shaped refrigerator with a subterranean storage space that was primarily used throughout Persia. It worked as an evaporative cooler; in other words, it cooled its interior through evaporation. Constructed with thick, insulating, heat-resistant mortar called sarooj, yakhchāls were used year-round for storing ice and food in the arid desert heat.

4. SANTUR
The santur is a percussion-stringed instrument, or hammered dulcimer, of Iranian or Mesopotamian origin, with the earliest known evidence of its development dating back to 669 B.C. It was originally made from tree bark and stones, and strung with goat intestines, which were beaten with wooden mallets called “midhrab.”

3. DENTAL KEY
If you think getting a tooth pulled in modern times is excruciating, just wait until you hear about the dental key. Before we were lucky enough to have the trappings of modern medicine, such as antibiotics, and anesthesia- the most important one- dental infections were typically treated by extracting the affected tooth. Easy peasy! Except a lot could go wrong.

2. Automatic Doors In Ancient Greece
Believe it or not, automatic doors originated in Ancient Greece, though they were far from practical. Greek mathematician Heron of Alexandria developed an automatic door system based on ropes and pulleys, activated by water that was pumped from brass vessels into a second set of vats by a large fire, thereby opening the doors.

1. Male Member Torture
Throughout certain historical periods and in certain cultures, masturbation was looked down upon as a sinful or dirty habit. Naturally, somewhere along the line, someone decided it was necessary to invent an anti-masturbation device, designed to stop those who apparently couldn’t stop themselves from indulging in some “self-love.”

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