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Originally Posted by Agema
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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
And, to add my 2c, it's my understanding that that particular chalk sculpture was likely carved by occupying Roman soldiers, to represent Herakleus/Hercules, who was commonly represented as shown.
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Current thought leans heavily towards a theory of being a 17th century creation. Hill carvings hundreds of feet high are pretty noteworthy, which makes the lack of any historical record of it prior to then hard to explain. |
this dating puts the carving right in the early modern period and consequently just out of the historical periods that dominions typically works within. the entries i've read on this thing do seem to lean towards what you say though.
This would also be in the times of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Reason. It seems very funny for something done in such an early history style medium and content to appear so late. It has a sort of irony to it that almost makes it seem "prankish".