Surely the history of sex toys didn’t start with rubber or latex manufactory. As the matter of fact, first evidence of ancient sex toys date from ancient times. First sex toys were shaped like a male genital and dates from Paleolithic era. It is beyond question what found things were intended for. So, as you can see, prototype of sex toys was one of the first creations of a human being.

Wide distribution sex toys got in ancient world, especially Ancient Greek, Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. In Ancient Greeks literature and art sex toys are mentioned often, they are drawn on famous Greeks vases. Ancient Greeks sexual activity was very chaotic and occurring everywhere anytime in all it’s possible manifestations, even perverted. Thus, sex toys served them well in whatever relationship they found themselves.

About Ancient Egypt it’s enough to say that Cleopatra is known to share her bed with whole regiment of men, sex toys were familiar and appreciated devices. With sex toys’ help women whiled away a time when their men were on the numerous wars. Even gods of Egyptians “encouraged” popularity for the use of sex toys.

The Roman Empire was famous with its wild flagrant orgies. Even the word “sex” comes from Latin language where it gained fabulous ground. The way Latin’s behavior was indecent, not the less their art and literature was obscene, comprising numerous references to sex toys.

In Middle Ages sexual pleasure and sex toys were described as belonging to devils and were forbidden by Roman Catholic Church which reigned over the most of the discovered world at that time. Even for wearing sexy lingerie anybody could be punished by burning alive. People wearied a lot of cloths on themselves which covered most of their bodies from neck to feet. Sexual activity were supposed to be hidden from anyone, pious men never saw even their wife’s bodies necked. However, sexual life is a normal aspect of human life, so sex toys were popular even in those times, but hidden and kept in secret.

Nevertheless, history of most sex toys comes from erotic art of various cultures and countries. Some its part is discovered, but large part remains to be a mystery for historicists. However, it’s not a secret and furthermore it’s undoubtedly that sex toys were at created thousand years before and our ancestors used them for increasing pleasure.