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Drawing on 400 years of newspaper articles and photos, first person accounts, state historical records, and illustrated field reports, Richard J. Dewhurst reveals not only that North America was once ruled by an advanced race of giants but also that the Smithsonian has been actively suppressing...

On December 31, 1875, Agustín Luengo died in Madrid at the age of 26, due to his illness that had caused him severe pain and loss of vision.

Roman mosaic from Veii (Isola Farnese, Italy) depicting an African elephant being loaded onto a ship, 3rd-4th century CE. Now in Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany.

Possible giant skeleton at Mohenjo-daro.

Portrait of King Rajasingha II of Kandy (1608-1687). Rajasingha II reigned from 1635 until 6 December 1687.

Catacomb-Samson and the Lion. Wall-painting, c. 350-400. Via Latina Catacomb, Rome.

The painting shows the vision of the Blessed Clare of Rimini, who led a pious life of self-denial and good works (died 1326?). She kneels on the left while Christ, showing his wounds, appears on the right with the Apostles. He gives Saint John the Evangelist a book for her inscribed 'My peace I...

Frontispiece to "The State and Government of the Great Khan of Cathay, Emperor of the Tartars". Circa 1410-1412. Kublai Khan (1215 – 1294), also known as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan, was the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294, although after the division of the...

The Man in the middle is American Professor James Ricalton and the two "Giants of Kashmir". Taken in Delhi Durbar 1903. The brothers were soilders of the Maharaja of Kashmir. Their height? The taller one is 7 ft 9 inches and his brother is 7 ft 4 inches.

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, tomb of Mausolus built by his widow Artemisa. Engraving by Philips Galle, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1572

Vintage illustration from the story Orlando Furioso. Crowds watching a knight with a captured giant. Orlando Furioso (The Frenzy of Orlando) an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto, illustrated by Gustave Dore. The story is also a chivalric romance which stemmed from a tradition beginning in...

"Jack the Giant Killer" is a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterized by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore, Breton mythology and Welsh Bardic lore. In this...

Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important...

Saint Modoald, also known as Romoald, was the Frankish archbishop of Trier from 626 to 645. He is the patron saint of the Reichsabtei Helmarshausen and his liturgical feast is on 12 May.

Giant doors in Paris, France.

Giant doors in Lisbon, Portugal.

Giant doors at some unknown location.

Apollonio di Giovanni, The Adventures of Odysseus (1435–40), cassone front, tempera on panel.

I obviously have no means of proving that the clothing fashion you see below had anything to do with the race of giants. At the same time, long sleeves and the general baggy appearance could add to the existing circumstantial evidence collection. Source A boyar or bolyar was a member of the...

This is quite a handsome print showing a European officer meeting with a giant Patagonian chief. Accounts of the giant race of people who lived in what is now Argentina and Chile first appeared in a handwritten account of Magellan’s around the world voyage of 1522 by Antonio Pigafetta: “One day...