As punishment, he was sentenced to serve twelve labors for his cousin and enemy, Eurystheus. These included strangling the Nemean lion, whose skin was impenetrable, destroying the many-headed Hydra, ...

The 12 Labors of Hercules are the predominant theme of the sarcophagus.Three of the four sides show the feats, including Hercules’ descent into and return from the underworld.

A rare second-century statue of the mythic hero Hercules has been found in Israel, archaeologists reported today (Aug. 15). The buff marble masterpiece likely decorated a niche in a Roman bathhouse.

The first trailer for “Hercules,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has been released online.The trailer features the Greek demigod battling several mythical creatures. For those of you ...

TV; TV News; Watch Dwayne Johnson clash with the Nemean lion in pulsating Hercules trailer The Rock defends his name while flexing his muscles and bellowing battle cries in the newest preview for ...

The intervening centuries have left Hercules headless, but his bulging muscles are still apparent, as is his club and the skin of the Nemean lion, which, according to myth, Hercules slew as one of ...

Zeus' wife, Hera, resents the little bastard and requires him to perform 12 tasks, battling the Nemean Lion, killing the multi-headed Hydra, painting Zeus' garage. Okay, kidding about that last one.

Archeologists have uncovered a rare second century marble statue of Hercules in northern Israel. The excavations in Israel's Jezreel Valley were carried out at Horvat Tarbenet, a site that was a ...

According to myth, one of Hercules’ 12 labors was to slay a Nemean lion, whose skin he later wore. On the statue’s head is a wreath of vine leaves held together by a band that ends at the ...

The secret statue of Hercules taming a lion hidden in a Leicestershire field. ... “The statue is of Hercules subduing the Nemean lion, which is the first of his 12 labours.