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Archaeologists Say They Have Unearthed A 5,000- Year-Old Graveyard of Giants in China
Archaeologists Say They Have Unearthed A 5,000-Year-Old Graveyard of Giants in China | Ancient Origins
Archaeologists working in eastern China have unearthed 205 graves of an unknown race of “unusually tall and strong” people. Labelled as ‘giants’ in comparison to the average height of other Chinese men, the people who lived in the region apparently flourished along the banks of the Yellow River about 5,000 years ago. www.ancient-origins.net
Top Ten Giant Discoveries in North America | Ancient Origins
Top Ten Giant Discoveries in North America | Ancient Origins
8. Mounds in Iowa, 1897 – 7ft 6in skeleton. This account
from The Worthington Advance (November 18, 1897) describes the ethnological work of the Smithsonian Institution’s Division of Eastern Mounds , and quoted the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology at the time, John Wesley Powell.The image .www.ancient-origins.net
10 Mythical Giants From Around the World | Mental Floss
10 Mythical Giants From Around the World | Mental Floss
Polyphemus is perhaps the most famous of the Cyclopes—the one-eyed giants from Greek mythology. According to Homer’s legend of the Odyssey, Polyphemus was the son of the sea god Poseidon and ... www.mentalfloss.com
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