Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the statue included details from Hercules’ mythic 12 labors, including the skin of the Nemean lion and the severed head of the Cretan bull. Archaeologists ...

The available parts show Hercules wielding a club and wearing a lion's skin. Both of these facets ... the artifact was the presence of a bull’s head at Hercules' feet. This was unique, because ...