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Hill Figure
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Ah the thrill of fear as a child watching 'Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World'. This episode includes the Cerne Abbas Giant and some other English hill figures.
"The key to the giant's identity may lie in something missing from the drawing: what did he have in his left hand?"
The locals report it's supposed to be a head he's chopped off - or a dog on a string. But an archaeologist gets involved with some geophysics equipment and appears to discover it was a cape, thus suggesting the figure is Hercules. He even gets out a bucket of whitewash and paints on the outline. To be honest the resulting figure looks quite convincingly balanced. But who knows - sometimes you find what you're looking for, don't you.
(Most is in part 3 but it's worth seeing the end of part two not least for the strange local inhabitant).
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Posted by Rhiannon
30th January 2009ce
Edited 31st January 2009ce
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