Photo Gallery 100,000 Years of Sex
A new exhibition in the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann explores the fascinating history of "100,000 Years of Sex." It begins Feb. 3 and runs until May 20.
The exhibition features numerous illuminating artefacts from 100 millennia of doin' it. This particular phallus is 22,000 years old and still going strong.
The world's oldest condom is one of the highlights of the exhibition.
This urn complete with phallus is one of the objects on display.
A bronze wine bucket complete with salacious decoration.
This candle holder comes with added extras.
These Roman coins have an unusual decoration.
The exhibition features voluptuous female figurines.
A Greek vase has an aphrodisiac effect.
Bärbel Auffermann, deputy director of the Neanderthal Museum, removes the leather apron from the museum's Neanderthal reproduction ahead of the exhibition.
The Neanderthal figure is something of a symbol for the museum, which is based in the valley which gave the Neanderthals their name. The reproduction turns out to be anatomically correct.
The museum hopes that visitors will leave the "sexhibition" as satisfied as this fellow.
