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No Bones About It! Part One: GIANTS in the Old World

Historical Blindness

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Mammoth Bones - Part Two

Giant bones have been proven to be the remains of mastodons or other creatures. The mammoth skull appears to have one large hole in the centre, giving the pression of a single massive eyeball. It has been argued that mammoth bones were also the origin of the myth of homer's giant cyclops. Claims of the bones of giants being discovered continued throughout the nineteenth century,. Many of them said to have been dug out of native american burial mounds in America. And i will discuss these in great detail in part two of this series.

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