11-03-2010, 09:15 PM
The Late Bronze / Early Iron Age monument turns out to be... a dog! :roll:
White Horse of Uffington
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11-03-2010, 09:15 PM
The Late Bronze / Early Iron Age monument turns out to be... a dog! :roll:
11-04-2010, 05:20 AM
Hmmm. It still looks like a horse to me. You never know, though. Our prehistoric chalk-carving ancestors appear to have had eclectic tastes.
David J. Cord
www.davidcord.com
11-04-2010, 01:35 PM
Quote:The Late Bronze / Early Iron Age monument turns out to be... a dog! :roll:It most certainly does not. It's just a 'personal opinion' treated by newspapers as if it were a major discovery. No one knows either the exact date of construction nor the exact animal (IF a real animal) represented. Also, we should take the possibility into account that the figure changed over time (the Cerne Abbas Giant once had a cloak over his left arm). Personally I see more links with pre-Roman coins from Britain, apparently adorned with horses. So to me it's a horse, and a beautiful one. Quote:Our prehistoric chalk-carving ancestors appear to have had eclectic tastes.No doubt, but the right-hand figure was not carved by 'prehistoric chalk-carving ancestors'. The Cerne Abbas Giant (Dorset, UK) is either Roman or even post-Medieval, plus the phallus was 'elongated' even later. :wink:
Robert Vermaat
MODERATOR FECTIO Late Romans THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST (Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
11-09-2010, 09:58 PM
But that doesn't explain the mysterious figure on the left!
"...atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant."
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11-11-2010, 06:07 PM
Quote:But that doesn't explain the mysterious figure on the left! Are you referring to the picture above...or your avatar? LOL!
Moi Watson
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
11-13-2010, 07:06 AM
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Touché :mrgreen:
"...atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant."
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