A major attraction of Dorset, England, is the Cerne Abbas Giant, a 180-foot-tall figure of a naked man wielding a large club carved with chalk into a hilltop. A pair of historians offers a strong case ...
A giant naked figure carved centuries ago into an English hillside represents the classical hero Hercules, a study has suggested—and may have aided armies in the medieval period. Known as the Cerne ...
The mystery surrounding the identity of who the Cerne Abbas giant is meant to be is something that has baffled people for centuries. Some believed the naked 180ft chalk figure in Dorset was a lost ...
For centuries, mystery has surrounded the meaning behind one of Dorset’s most-known landmarks - and now academics could have answered the question once and for all. It was traditionally believed that ...
WHEN the Hercules of Greek mythology had fulfilled his 12 labors by killing monsters, he was honored as the hero who made the world safe for mankind. When the Hercules of the Bay Area is done fighting ...