White Horse of Uffington

[Jona Lendering]

The Late Bronze / Early Iron Age monument turns out to be... a dog! :roll:

[Epictetus]

Hmmm. It still looks like a horse to me. You never know, though. Our prehistoric chalk-carving ancestors appear to have had eclectic tastes.

[Robert Vermaat]

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.

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:

[Phaichtos]

But that doesn't explain the mysterious figure on the left!

[Vindex]

But that doesn't explain the mysterious figure on the left!

Are you referring to the picture above...or your avatar? LOL!

[Phaichtos]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Touché :mrgreen: