Mystery of Cerne Abbas Giant solved?

Researchers from Oxford University suggest that the Cerne Abbas Giant depicts the image of Hercules, the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, and served as a muster station for armies during the Saxon period.

The Cerne Abbas Giant is a 55 metre tall carved hill figure near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, England. The origins of the giant has long been a mystery, with the earliest written record dating to the late 17th century.

The figure depicts a colossal naked man carrying a knotted club and has a line across the waist that has been suggested to represent a…