January
02
/ 2024
Researchers have been speculating for centuries about the meaning and origin of a gigantic 180-foot (55-meter) human figure carved into a chalky hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. While many explanations have been offered purporting to explain who this man really is, a new study published in the medieval history journal Speculum asserts that the mystery has been solved. The answer to this timeworn question appears to be that the individual carved into the hillside is none other than Hercules, the Greek behemoth who was the world’s first superhero. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"114754","attributes":{"alt":"Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. (Public domain)","class":"media-image","height":"630","style":"width: 445px; height: 630px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"445"}}]] Hercules and the Hydra by Antonio del Pollaiuolo. ( Public domain ) Decades of
