Newly discovered link between Hercules, Israel suggests cultural exchange in region - study
2,800-year-old stamp in Tel Hazor connects Hercules to northern Israel, depicting a hero battling a seven-headed serpent, reflecting Levantine visual culture and myth transmission complexities
The scene depicted on the surface of this black-figued amphora shows Heracles and his servant Ialous fighting the Lernean Hydra and the giant crab. Behind the hero the goddess Athena.(photo credit: FLICKR)ByEYAL GREENUpdated:
