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Everyone’s favorite well-endowed giant, the Cerne Abbas Giant on an English hillside (sorry, Shaq), just got endowed with something even bigger – a more accurate birthday. While it may seem obvious what someone of his ‘stature’ would wish for, let’s first find out how many candles he’ll be extinguishing. “The science suggests he could be medieval, but intriguingly, surviving documents from Cerne Abbey don’t mention the giant. In the 16th century it’s as if the giant’s not there, and John Norden’s survey of 1617 makes no mention of him. And why would a rich and famous abbey – just a few yards away – commission, or sanction, a naked man carved in chalk on the hillside?” ....
THE likely age of Dorset s Cerne Abbas Giant has been revealed for the first time - and it has come as a surprise to historians. Archaeologists at the National Trust have been analysing sediment taken from the carving - considered to be Britain’s largest and perhaps best-known chalk hill figure. Generations have speculated about the age and meaning of the club-brandishing giant hewn into a Dorset hillside with some theories including it being a depiction of the legendary demi-god Hercules, an ancient fertility symbol, or even the soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell. Another theory is that the figure was carved around the body of a giant who was slain by local people after he terrorised the countryside. ....
The Cerne Abbas Giant carved into an English hillside seems to date to the late Saxon period or early Medieval times, and may have been hidden by grass for centuries ....
BBC News Published image captionScientists analysed soil from the Cerne Abbas Giant over a 12-month period Archaeologists believe an ancient naked figure sculpted into a chalk hillside was created during the late Saxon period. Soil samples from the Cerne Abbas Giant were analysed by scientists over 12 months to reveal the landmark s age. The research also sparked a new theory that the Dorset giant was forgotten for generations after it was first sculpted and then later rediscovered. Geoarchaeologist Mike Allen said the age result was not what was expected . He said: Everyone was wrong and that makes these results even more exciting. ....
THE likely age of Dorset s Cerne Giant has been revealed for the first time - and it has come as a surprise to historians. Archaeologists at the National Trust have been analysing sediment taken from the carving - considered to be Britain’s largest and perhaps best-known chalk hill figure. Generations have speculated about the age and meaning of the club-brandishing giant hewn into a Dorset hillside with some theories including it being a depiction of the legendary demi-god Hercules, an ancient fertility symbol, or even the soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell. Another theory is that the figure was carved around the body of a giant who was slain by local people after he terrorised the countryside. ....