It seems X-rated graffiti is pretty timeless. Archaeologists traced the origins of the infamous Cerne Abbas Giant—a chalk carving of a naked man with a giant dick in the UK—all the way back to the 10th century. The yearlong study of the sexplicit hillside carving, which depicts a man holding a club while sporting a massive erection, found the pornographic depiction around 700 years older than was previously thought.
The risque work was created by carving trenches into a hill, then filling them with white chalk, like a medieval police outline. It’s unclear why Saxons created such an X-rated engraving, but scientists speculate that the “fantastically rude pagan image” was a response to the local Benedictine monastery, which was constructed in the late 10th century. “It’s like a big two fingers to the abbey,” said an archaeological consultant.
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Check out more about scientists dating “giant penis man” to the 10th century: https://nypost.com/2021/05/12/scientists-solve-mystery-of-when-giant-penis-man-was-erected/
