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Athelstan: King of Malmesbury and the Forgotten Library

BEFORE THE CANON IV In the centre of Malmesbury, in...

Lake Nemi: The Floating Palaces of Diana’s Mirror

On 15 July 1535, a Bolognese soldier and engineer...

The Ancient Finds of America: Too Deep to Be a Joke

Three men, working three different rigs across three different...

Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens

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Did Races of Giants Once Live?

It was the general belief among the ancients, and indeed the moderns, till a very recent period, that giant races of men once inhabited...

The Giant of St. Germain: Folklore or Hidden History?

The discovery of the tomb of Isoret, as documented by Jean Riolan the Younger, has long puzzled both historians and scientists. Found in...

Albion: Giant, King, and the First Name of Britain

Albion is a figure rooted in Britain’s earliest recorded traditions, remembered as a giant, a king, and the name once given to the island...

The Disappearance of the Giant Russian Girl

Elizaveta Lysko was born in the small town of Krasnokutsk near Novocherkassk in 1877. At first she was a completely ordinary girl. But after three years she began to grow “by leaps and bounds.”

How Long Does Petrification Take?

A German sailor found dead on a yacht drifting in the Philippine Sea started to fossilize. After an autopsy was completed it was concluded the sailor had been dead about a week. 

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