This historic chalk drawing in England once drew outcry over its most famous feature, the hanging appendage lauded elsewhere ...

The figure sketched on a hill in the village of Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England, eponymously known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, has long been a point of fascination.

The Cerne Giant is located in what was the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. Initially, that kingdom’s joint rulers converted to Christianity in 635 – but one of them died soon after and, when ...

A major attraction of Dorset, England, is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180-foot-tall figure of a naked man wielding a large club carved with chalk into a hilltop.

The finding is unexpected because the earliest mentions of the Cerne Abbas Giant are from just over 300 years ago, suggesting it … Close. Advertisement. Skip to content. Sign in.

The giant is found near Cerne Abbey, in Dorset, southern England. Debra Angel/Alamy Stock Photo “These new dates caught us by surprise,” Papworth said.

The Cerne Abbas Giant is a 180-foot-tall figure of a naked man wielding a large club, carved with chalk into a hilltop in Dorset, England. The figure's generously sized erect phallus has earned it ...

Scientists 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.

Although the Cerne Giant was conceivably an expression of pagan reaction to Christian pressure, it is likely that the local population continued to venerate the vast figure for several centuries, ...

The giant is found near Cerne Abbey, in Dorset, southern England. Debra Angel/Alamy Stock Photo “These new dates caught us by surprise,” Papworth said.

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 ...

Scientific analysis of sand particles taken from the 180-foot-tall Cerne Giant show that it was probably made between 700 and 1100 AD, ...