I would like to start withSacsayhuamn. That it was traded and used extensively across the United States by the Mound Builders there is no question. It was set back from the Guadalupe River about 250 feet in a jungle-like underbrush. This fascinating discovery reports on a giant mummy found in San Diego (that is currently believed to be a hoax). When placed in earth ovens, the objects were shown to hold heat and aid in cooking food. Richard J. Dewhurst is the Emmy Awardwinning writer of the HBO feature documentaryDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam. It would break all previous records of giants by nearly ten feet, as the tallest man known to anthropological research was only eight feet 5 inches in height.The skeleton is in possession of W. J. McKinney, Houston, Tex., oil prospector, who found it, and has been seen by a number of people who vouch for the truth of the size of the relic of a heretofore unknown race. All over what is now the U.S. are traditions of these ancient giants. There have been no studies to date to determine whether this is a natural or man-made phenomona. The skeletons mentioned no longer seem to exist regardless of their actual size, and the remaining ones that were on display were removed and repatriated by NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) Giant femur bone photo, and a real femur bone for reference. The bones crumbled to dust when exposed to the air.. When measured in the tomb his length was approximately 7.04 feet. Hence, it is my opinion that this exceptionally large skull was not the result of endocrine pathology., Carolyn Spock Among the most significant are the Cincinnati tablets inscribed with hieroglyphs, textiles that resemble those from Assyria and Babylon, a skull examined by a surgeon in Cincinnati that exhibits evidence of brain surgery that shows knowledge of practical surgery scarcely excelled at the present day, as well as evidence of metallurgy, forges, slag, iron and even saws. Also in Newark, the magnificent skeleton of an 8-foot tall Queen bedecked in opulent copper jewelry and pearls was uncovered, while in Centralia another giant was found encased in copper armor, his mouth stuffed with pearls of immense size. In addition, in Bainbridge Ohio, four bodies were found wrapped in pearl-covered robes, while in a related find in the area one mound yielded two bushels of pearls containing over 500,000 individual fresh-water pearls, surrounding two giants wearing copper helmets, one provided with a copper nose. When partly joined the largest skeleton was almost ten feet tall. It describes how a group of people found a giant skeleton that was over 18 feet tall, and weighed over 2000 pounds. While the authors certainly support this law, it does present a moral and ethical conundrum in terms of trying to ascertain the proof everyone wants to see - physical evidence of giants. One thing is for sure. Unless otherwise noted, all images are provided by the authors. In this case, 16 skeletons were found in seated, squatting and prone positions in the center of which was a skeleton standing upright in a large stone cist. do not indicate excessive stature, but they are remarkably According to my deductions he lived about twenty-eight hundred years ago. blown out of proportion; the last paragraph in the He was told of a legend while in Mexico of a giant and noble race that lived on the Island, who existed long before the white man and had since vanished. Were theonlyPop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives. and then abruptly ended around 1500 B.C., contemporaneous with the volcanic explosion on Cretan Thera (Santorini). was evidently in no wise unusual. Top Image: Graphic chart displaying the heights of various giant discoveries in North America. Mudlarker Finds Bronze Age Shoe on a UK Riverbank Dated 2,800 Years Old! These skeletons were said to be in a perfect state of preservation and that the men were of gigantic stature, some of them measuring nine feet, very few of them being less than seven feet. Later the report notes that a lost city was found on a farm in Dunville NY, in association with two tons of charcoal and various implements indicating the site of an ancient forge. Was this German silver mine really defended by two Roman forts and a line of "spike defenses? In the same mound and at the same level, a normal sized skull was found. Head of Records In 1930, hundreds more skeletons were unearthed near the beach in Carpinteria. Ross first published this in his book A Tradition of Giants , and it clearly states it was from Serpent Mound on the postcard, but there is still debate as to where this photo of a 7ft skeleton was actually taken. The ruins run in a continuous line of six miles and are about a half mile wide. Please welcome for February 2014 Author of the Month, writer and researcher Richard Dewhurst. Hieroplyphs were discovered in 1926 at sites in New Mexico and Arizona and a corresponsent from the Smithsonian reports from a 1910 PUYE cliff dweller excavation that It is estimated by the Smithsonian people that 10,000 lived on the face of this one cliff and that the population of the adjoining cliffs and on the mesas was fully 100,000 people. In another report from 1910, M.J. Brown comments on the great quantities of Portland cement that platered almost every one of the hundreds of rooms in the kiva. Later on in the same report Brown quotes Hewitt of the Smithsonian expedition as saying, The Pueblos have traditions, legends, or anything regarding these cliff people. www.texasbeyondhistory.net/, http://www.sydhav.no/giants/victoria_texas.htm, (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ Created by Cee Hall. The Mandan Indians are generally found in North Dakota and since their first contact with French explorers in 1738, this blond and red-haired, blue-eyed tribe has been the source of intense speculation as to their European origins. It may have been one of those excavated by Putnam, as he was the only person to dig at the site. Some of the skulls of these prehistoric Texans were of enormous size and the majority of them had rather low foreheads. Skulls of giants with cranial deformation. WebThe Morhiss Mound , which measured 15 feet hight by 319 feet long and 168 feet wide in the middle was found approximately seven miles southeast of Victoria on land owned at the time by Patrick Welder and Tom Joshua. But what bothers me, is that even though the Incans have said they didnt build it, people still to this day credit them for the building of those structures. From Jan 4, 1935 Corsicana Daily Sun Clipping found in Corsicana Daily Sun in Corsicana, Texas on Jan 4, 1935. One of these, although much mended and its base quite warped, is nevertheless obviously a skull of extraordinary size, in many respects larger than any yet reported. What the Smithsonian cannot say is fake are the over 100 skeletons that institution found in Poplar Bluff, including a chief who measured seven feet eight inches tall. I have no reason to doubt what he says, he seems to be legit to me. Now confirmed by the university records! Although Panoptes A record drought in Texas has exposed a bunch of 110-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in yet another example of how climate change is both revealing new things and making us uncomfortable. For those who say that there was no fresh water to supply this city, related mound builder sites have been discovered in association with the Comal County Springs in New Braunfels, which is one of the largest fresh-water aquifers in North America, supplying 212,000,000 gallons of fresh water every 24 hours. Jim and his brother Bill also starred on the recently aired History Channel special Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony (2015). Then, when you add the Davenport Stela to the mix, things get even stranger. It has been estimated that in one county alone in Wisconsin, there were originally over 10,000 effigy mounds. Outside of Sparta, a standing stone was discovered that marked the burial of more over-sized skeletons. seems large" and that he "looks like a large We seek to retell the story of our beginnings. Dragoo published a photo of the actual skeleton in his book so there is no doubt it was authentic. On the scale of highly-anomalous out of place artifacts (OOPs), the Iowa Mastdon and Mammoth pipes have to be ranked right up at the very top. Don W. Dragoo . Recent radiocarbon analysis dates it to around 321 BC. The core of the site measures approximately 500 acres (2.0km2), although archaeological investigations have shown that the total occupation area extended for more than three miles (5km) along the river terrace. form for the burial, though he does say that the "skull U. S. museums no longer have exhibits that include No further information is available so it is impossible to verify this information, but numerous other skeletons of this height have been reported in such newspapers at The New York Times . Beach Giant Skull Unearthed By WPA Workers Near Victoria arose immediately, but the largeness of the skull One of the skeletons measured 8.5-feet tall, and the other measured nearly 10-feet tall. A few of the professionals reporting these skeletal finds were Dr. Walter B. Jones, Moundsville Alabama (7ft 6 and many 7-footers); Dr. Forrest Clements Head of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma (six 7ft skeletons); Dr. Donald A. Cadzow Cambridge University (7ft 5in skeleton found in Pittsburgh with many other large skeletons with anatomic anomalies reported); Dr. Byron Cummings, head of the archaeology department at the University of Arizona, considered the Dean of Southwestern Archaeology" (several over 8-footers); Thomas Wilson, Curator of Prehistoric Anthropology at the Smithsonian (verified an 8-foot skeleton with massive jawbone); W. J. Holland, curator of the Carnegie Museum (unearthed an over 8 ft skeleton in Pennsylvania as reported in many scientific journals including Scientific American ). question. newspaper article stating that finds "in Texas The article claimed that the skull was two times normal sized. The Lene Lenapi Indians on the East Coast of America, report that they originally lived in the West until their world was destroyed by fire and they were forced to migrate to the other side of the Mississippi River in search of food and shelter. Read Since traditional researchers refuse to analyze European copper for its probable Michigan signature, no one has been able to account for where all this copper ended up. For instance, when locals tried to plant apple trees on a hill, they accidentally discovered humanoid skeletons of over 2.4 meters (8.2 feet) tall along with pottery fragments Ancient Giants Ancient Giants In 1999, Dana Biasetti, a graduate student from the University of Texas at Dallas, discovered giant dinosaur bones protruding from a dry hillside in the Javelina Formation of Big Bend National Park. Hugh investigated this famous report back in November 2008, by visiting the area of the ranch it was discovered on. will be proven by the giant mummies wrapped in fine textiles and dated to that period and found in Spirit Cave in Nevada. Other reports of the discovery of buried giants were also found in Big doings in ancient Texas. Experts have always been baffled as to how such large structures could have been built by people of that time. The skeleton it is calculated must have belonged to a man 8 feet 1.5 inches in height. Arabian Giant Variations of the giant photo hoax include alleged discovery of a 60- to 80-foot long (18- to 24-meter) human skeleton in Saudi Arabia. A graduate of NYU with degrees in journalism, film, and television, he has written and edited for the History Channel, the Arts & Entertainment Channel, PBS, Fox Television and Fox Films, ABC News, TNT, Paramount Pictures, and theMiami Herald. Interestingly the discovery was reported to be buried 12 feet below a mound, so it could suggest a deep antiquity, however tall he was. By bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. Finds made through excavations in Texas are begining to give weight to the theory that man lived in Texas 40,000 years ago, it is said. As the vast extent of this site has been uncovered, its primacy as the major trading site of the ancient Americas has gradually gained credence with traditional scholars. Summit Books. In addition, researchers have also determined that copper mining activity resumed again around 900 A.D. On examination of the contents of the steam shovel skulls and human teeth were noticed and further search lead to the discovery of skeletons of whole families together with ivory beads and other objects of human handiwork. The giant skeleton is on the middle right. ~Chris L Lesley, Interestingly, Marcus S. Goldstein in his report says The bones of this individual do not indicate excessive stature but they are remarkably robust.. Inside was the skeleton of a 69 giant buried next to a stream that led to what was called a sacred pool. in his description; I'm sure extra fingers would have Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked! There have been a number of intriguing finds in Indiana over the years including the discovery of eight skeletons, one clad in copper armor, buried in a perfect circle. During excavations south of Monks Mound, archaeologists even found a series of wooden post-holes that they called an American Woodhenge, which they likened to Stonehenge and Woodhenge in England. Now confirmed by the university records! The story is intriguing and controversial, and it stars amateur archaeologist Ralph Glidden and his bizarre museum, but before the main act, a German naturalist got the story going in 1913. These even measurements in feet have raised the interest of alternative historians, as well as its numerous astronomical alignments that show great similarities to alignments at Stonehenge and Teotihuacan, among numerous significant ancient sites. What researchers have determined is a continuous history mining activity that begun in 8,000 B.C. Physical anthropologist Marcus The idea at once came to Mr. Simmons that in the far distant ages a tidal wave had occurred at the time the golf covered more of that part of the country then at present and that these bones were the remains of thousands of human beings who had been drowned in the overflow of the waters of the gulf. WebA Giant Human Skeleton 18 Feet Tall Found in Texas. McDonald and Woodward / Carnegie Museum.1963. This short report re-emerged with a broader range of details in 1833 and now various authors and websites repeat the same story. Copyright 2019 Sasquatch Chronicles. I value Mr. Dahls time and efforts he has put into these original investigation. In North Carolina, significant finds were made in the Yadkin Valley of Caldwell County in1883 that included one group of four in seated positions and two lying on their backs. Discoveries of the giant skeletons were found all over the Northeast, from Marthas Vineyard and Deerfield Valley Massachusetts, to Vermont and upstate New York. It was one of the last places to which one would go looking for the remains of a prehistoric race. Goldstein mentions of unusual crania were unearthed at Morhiss Mound than any yet reported. http://www.texasbeyondhistory.net/morhiss/index.html. All rights reserved. Ogden Standard Examiner , Sunday, November 10, 1929, pg.32. WebIn a cave on the south side of the Cumberland River, a secret room was discovered that was 25 feet square and showed sign of engineering, as it contained a large rock-cut well, as well the skeleton of a blond-haired giant. What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? In a mound in Chillicothe, a metal perforated bird was found, in addition to numerous carved pipes, one even depicting a duck riding on a fish. Outside of Sparta, a standing stone was discovered that marked the burial of more over-sized skeletons. The natives deemed it a god, and it was reburied by direction of the padre.. Our ancient Austin, Texas Gnostic Warrior news bureau reported long ago, that an oil prospector had found the remains of a giant human skeleton that is an incredible 18 feet tall. The Iliad can provide new insights on the role of motherhood among the ancient Greek gods, and by extension, amongst ancient mortal Greek women themselves. Similar tales were told across the nation, since the majority of these sites were on private lands and the government offered no compensation for preservation of the mounds. Bill Vieira and professional scuba diver Mike Young dived into the lake and found a huge shelter cave believed to be the site of the skeletal finds. AUSTIN, Tex., June 14.If the report that the fossilized skeleton of a giant eighteen feet tall has been found near Seymour, Tex., is true, it is the most important ethnological discovery ever made in the world, remarked Dr. J. E. Pearce, professor of anthropology of the University of Texas. The site also has several mounds both on the outside and inside of the ring earthworks. While reading through the microfilm at the Steelville library three reports of the find where uncovered including the photo that shows Les Eaton, a 6-foot man, laid out next to the 8-foot skeleton in Dr. Parkers office. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Friends, the photo of No. This skull is now confirmed from the University of Texas. Arabian Giant Variations of the giant photo hoax include alleged discovery of a 60- to 80-foot long (18- to 24-meter) human skeleton in Saudi Arabia. We disagree, as there is ample evidence within Native American mythology, genetic data, ethnological studies, scientific reports, early excavation records, first-hand accounts, and discoveries featured in newspapers and town history books to suggest otherwise. Sometimes people wont let people handle their evidences, so try to work out something for the people that have the artifacts to have a replica done, and find out what it would cost for a reproduction to be made. (rulers and measuring are a necessity) (A single picture is not worth the effort) 1981. And there are many stories told by the Incans of giants being among them. S. Goldstein says in his manuscript, "A couple Nearly 2000 human skeletons were found and scientists who examined the evacuations had just give an opinion that and ancient city had been submerged by tidal wave that drowned all the inhabitants when the calamity of centuries ago was repeated. The stele was found in an Indian Mound in 1877 and according to Harvard Professor Barry Fell, the stela contains writing in Egyptian, Iberian-Punic and Libyan. These things raise more questions than they answer. Very interesting article, although when I read the line "Has appeared on ancient aliens" I get turned off and concerned about the authenticity and peer review. the lack of "knobbing" in the hand bones 6 Advanced Ancient Inventions Beyond Modern Understanding, Mount Hua Trail: Where 100 People Plummet to Their Deaths Every Year, The Red Taj Mahal and the Dutch Hessings of India. 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