The Chalk Man: The chilling and spine-tingling Sunday Times bestseller

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Historical and Cultural Significance: Chalk has been historically used as a writing and drawing tool, particularly on chalkboards. It has also been employed in art and has cultural significance in various regions. Top image: Cerne Abbas Giant chalk figure, in Dorset, England is now believed to be less than 350 years old! Source: PeteHarlow / CC BY-SA 3.0 Marshall, Michael (12 May 2021). "Cerne Abbas Giant may have been carved into hill over 1000 years ago". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021 . Retrieved 18 May 2021. Some believe the Cerne Abbas Giant was modelled on the Roman god Hercules (Paul Stevenson / CC BY 2.0 )But now that historians are more certain about the age of the Cerne Abbas Giant, they have new theories about why someone created it. Cerne Abbey was founded in 987 CE, and given the evidence for a medieval origin date, it's possible that the giant was created to help convert local inhabitants from worshiping the early Anglo-Saxon god Heil (or Helith). However, Papworth is skeptical of this theory. "Why would a rich and famous abbey—just a few yards away—commission, or sanction, a naked man carved in chalk on a hillside?" he said. Upper Cretaceous deposits of pure and bright white sedimentary chalk along the coast of central southern Cyprus.

A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. However, sinister occurrences begin to envelop the village and its residents, leading to one fateful day where the chalk men lead the group to an especially gruesome sight.

2. Long Man of Wilmington, East Sussex

The deepest archeological horizon of the Giant is 1 metre. Results of optically stimulated luminescence testing of samples from this deepest level were published in 2021. Some of these samples support a construction date between 700 CE and 1110 CE, suggesting the Giant was first cut in the late Anglo-Saxon period. As this date coincides with the founding of nearby Cerne Abbey, archaeologist Alison Sheridan speculated that it may have been a challenge to the new religion from the still-pagan local inhabitants, [70] [71] although other scholars have noted that early medieval monks could equally have been responsible for the figure. [72] Hy. Colley March M.D. F.S.A., "The Giant and the Maypole of Cerne", Proceedings, Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. 22, 1901, p. 108 Wish for rain to wash away Homer". BBC News. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014 . Retrieved 17 July 2007. Color: Chalk is known for its white or very pale gray color. This is a defining characteristic and is due to its high calcium carbonate content and the absence of significant impurities.