Britain's oldest chalk figure restored to former glory (archaeologymag.com)
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QuarterSwede@lemmy.world on 03 Aug 2024 13:14 next collapse

That is super cool.

metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub on 03 Aug 2024 18:04 next collapse

'Taint what a horse looks like, it’s what a horse be.

Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works on 03 Aug 2024 22:53 collapse

My exact first thought too. The land is in her bones.

Hotspur@lemmy.ml on 03 Aug 2024 19:48 next collapse

Kinda wild they built this 3k years ago. Usually this sort of thing is only done now because it can be seen from the air, but back then it would have been hard to see it in its entirety.

Maybe they had alien friends and it was like a visual street address for the saucers to find them by.

Or maybe they had a high point or tower nearby so you could see it from there, who knows.

Madison420@lemmy.world on 03 Aug 2024 22:13 next collapse

Usually they are the somewhat steep hills or with an opposing cliff, giant dick guy is viewable without being in the air today and this one probably is too.

Angled like so.

…org.uk/…/history-of-the-cerne-giant

Viewed like so.

independent.co.uk/…/cerne-abbas-giant-anglo-saxon…

Uffington white horse , it’s a bit figural and looks a lot like a river in certain angles.

www.uffington.net/…/white-horse-hill/

Hotspur@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 2024 03:12 collapse

Excellent—thanks for explaining that, makes a lot more sense.

Edit: giant dick guy is hilarious—must be amusing for locals living near a gigantic Bronze Age keith Harring graffiti 24/7

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone on 04 Aug 2024 23:29 collapse

They should look for a giant chalk Orville nearby.

xilliah@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 2024 16:22 collapse

It’s for a god I think

Hotspur@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 2024 18:11 collapse

An explanation that had not occurred to me, but definitely makes sense in this context.

xilliah@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 2024 22:16 collapse

A lot of ancient stuff is aligned with celestial phenomena. Pyramids for example have little tunnels that point at specific stars iirc.

You could say that the roots of science lay in astrology. They spent a lot of time trying to figure it all out.

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 03 Aug 2024 23:32 next collapse

Would make a nice tattoo, imo

JohnOliver@feddit.dk on 04 Aug 2024 18:33 collapse

!topview@lemmy.world would love this