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Top image: Drone image of the Cerne Abbas Giant, a.k.a. the Cerne Abbas Hercules. Source: Roberto / Adobe Stock

A huge chalk figure with a club

Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England. between the years 700 and 1100. Last 1,000 years. Monsters and heroes. Debated. Free

The page does not show that this figure is Hercules.

Debated. A new study suggests Hercules, but the page says proof is lacking.

Near the village of Cerne Abbas, in Dorset, England, a huge human figure is cut into a chalk hillside. It is about 55 metres tall and holds a club. A study dates the carving to between the years 700 and 1100.

The page says there is still no conclusive proof of who the figure is.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/cerne-abbas-hercules-0020162