A huge giant man, about 5 meters tall. The earth was inhabited by giant people (10 photos)
At different periods, gigantic remains were discovered all over the world, each of which was immediately credited with the title of the largest human skeleton in the world. Dozens of photographs of the largest skeletons are circulating online, but there is fierce debate about their authenticity. Nevertheless, there are several finds of the largest human skeletons in the world, the origin of which is beyond doubt.
Top 10 largest human skeletons in the world
There are many legends about giants, whose remains are supposedly discovered in different parts of the world. However, most of these messages are fake and do not reflect the real state of affairs.
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The top 10 giant remains include:
- The Castelnau giant is the largest bone in the world.
- 18 skeletons in Wisconsin - a mysterious story of archaeologists.
- Giant skull from Peru - there are alternative versions.
- Five-meter skeleton from Australia - find recent years.
- The Roman giant is simply tall by today's standards.
- Cemetery of Giants in China - considered giants in the Medieval world.
- The giantess from Poland is an unusual woman of the Middle Ages.
- The giant from Kentucky is not the tallest, but he is famous.
- Robert Wadlow is a giant of our time.
- The Irish giant - against his last wishes, in the museum.
The Giant of Castelnau is one of the giants of France
The expression "Giant of Castelnau" refers to three parts of the incredibly large human skeleton: the humerus, the tibia, and the femur. According to scientists, the finds were located in a Bronze Age mound, possibly dating back to the Neolithic era. According to archaeologists working on the excavation, the skeleton found may belong to one of the largest people in the world ever known to exist. Based on the size of the skeletal bones of this large man, scientists estimate that he could have been about 3.5 meters tall.
Photo of the remains of the giant from Castelnau
One of the largest human skeletons in the world was discovered by anthropologist Georges Vache de Lapouge in the Bronze Age cemetery at Castelnau-les-Lezes in France in the winter of 1890. The volumes of the bones were more than twice the size of normal skeletal parts. Judging by the usual spacing of anatomical points, they were also nearly twice the length of a normal skeleton.
The bones of the giant from Castelnau were studied at the University of Montpellier and examined by professor of zoology M. Sabatier and professor of paleontology M. Delage, as well as other anatomists. In 1892, the bones were carefully studied by Dr. Paul Louis André Kiener, professor of pathological anatomy at the Montpellier Medical School, who recognized that they represented "a very high race." However, he called them abnormal in size and hypothesized that such a large size of the human skeleton was caused by disease.
Of interest is the fact that in 1894 press reports mentioned a further discovery of bones of human giants discovered in a prehistoric cemetery in Montpellier. Skulls "28, 31 and 32 inches in circumference" were found along with other bones of gigantic size, indicating that they belonged to a race of people ranging in height from 305 to 457 cm, but there is no real evidence for this.
18 skeletons in Wisconsin - number is in doubt
In 1912, the New York Times reported the discovery of 18 of the world's largest human skeletons at an archaeological site near Lake Delavan in Wisconsin. Their heights ranged from 231 to 304 cm, and their skulls were much larger than those of any race inhabiting America today. They had a double row of teeth, 6 fingers and toes.
Pictured are skeletons of giants from Wisconsin. Many reports say that the largest human skeletons were sent to the Smithsonian Institution, but officials at the institution deny these claims.
Giant skull from Peru - a dark story with DNA
In one of the Peruvian forests, scientist Renato Davila Riquelm found one of the largest skeletons known to the world. The bones of the giant are still kept in the Privado Ritos Andinos Museum in Peru: every visitor to the exhibition can see them.
Large skeleton found in Peru considered alien Scientists around the world have conducted DNA tests based on materials from this skeleton, but reliable data on their results has never been made public. This gives rise to a number of theories about the alien origin of the largest skeleton.
Is the five-meter skeleton from Australia a fake?
Giant skeleton human, reaching 5.3 meters in height, was discovered near the ancient ruins of the only megalithic civilization, discovered in Australia, making the discovery twice as surprising. “Theoretically, a five-meter hominid cannot exist. But how then is this possible? Although this discovery is exciting, we are left with more questions than answers,” admits Professor Hans Zimmer from the University of Adelaide.
The world's largest skeleton may be a fake Some experts have hypothesized that who lived in ancient world the person could suffer from an extreme case of gigantism: a condition caused by the overproduction of growth hormones. Another part of researchers and ordinary Internet users are inclined to believe that this news is fake, so the photo of the giant is carefully studied.
Roman giant - records of the past
At 202 centimeters tall, the man was considered a giant in third-century AD Rome, where men averaged about 167 centimeters tall. However, today such growth characteristics are not surprising, because in modern world most A tall man has a height of 251 centimeters.
Nevertheless, such skeletons are discovered extremely rarely, because the fact of gigantism itself is rare: today only about three people per million worldwide suffer from this disease. Changes begin in childhood when malfunctioning pituitary gland causes abnormal growth.
Skeletal bones of a Roman giant The unusual skeleton was found in 1991 during excavations in the necropolis of Fidenae, an area administered by Rome. Even at the time of the initial excavations, the archaeological department of Rome, which led the project, noted that the found human tomb was abnormally long. However, it was only during a later anthropological examination that the bones were also recognized as unusual. Soon after, they were sent for further analysis to the team of Simon Minozzi, who led this archaeological research. To find out whether the skeleton had gigantism, the team examined the bones and found evidence of skull changes that were consistent with a pituitary tumor. It destroys the organ by causing an excess of human growth hormone.
Cemetery of Giants in China - large for the period
In 2016, archaeologists began excavating a late Neolithic settlement at Jiaojia in China - a village in Chinese province Shandong. They found many interesting finds there - including the ruins of 104 houses, 205 graves and 20 sacrificial pits - but the latest discovery took experts by surprise. According to scientist Mark Molloy, the bodies of several men ranging in height from 152 to 190 centimeters were discovered in a cemetery in Jiaojia. At first glance, even the minimum values may not seem like anything special, but in fact, men would have been exceptionally tall during the period in which they lived.
5,000-year-old human skeletons from China The remains, dating back to around 5,000 years ago, were buried in large graves. One of the people found in the cemetery was even taller than his leggy peers: based on the size of the large skeleton, scientists concluded that this person was about 1.9 meters tall. The people at Jiaojia Cemetery would have seemed giants to the average person 5,000 years ago. In Europe, by comparison, the average height of the Neolithic population was about 1.67 meters.
A giantess from Poland - the difficult fate of an unknown giantess
In 2016, archaeologists discovered the large skeleton of a medieval giantess - a 219 cm tall woman. Mysterious remains from the 12th century were discovered buried next to a church on the island of Ostrów Lednicki in Poland. This large skeleton also had one of the largest human skulls ever found.
The largest female skeleton found in Poland Researchers analyzing what remains of the woman's skeleton say she lived a short life filled with trauma and illness:
- the giantess suffered from acromegaly, a rare condition associated with the overproduction of growth hormone from the pituitary gland, which makes the bones of the head especially large;
- her spine also showed signs of degenerative joint disease, likely as a result of her enormous height and weight.
The location of her burial in the cemetery is also curious. While the heads of all other bodies were buried facing west, her head was located towards the east. Both of her arms were bent rather than fully extended.
Kentucky Giant - Museum Exhibit
The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1858 thanks to the generous donation of Thomas Dent Mütter, has an astounding display of human body parts and medical equipment. The collection was originally intended to be used as a teaching tool for surgical students, which is why it is so unusual. Since its founding, the museum has opened its doors to the public so that those interested can view various bones, organs and unusual creatures, as well as ancient medical equipment.
In the photo, Queen Elizabeth examines a large skeleton from Kentucky. Undoubtedly, one of the most impressive objects is the largest human skeleton on display in North America. The skeleton, nicknamed the "American Giant" or "Kentucky Giant", measures an impressive 232 cm and is displayed alongside another skeleton of normal height, as well as the skeleton of a dwarf named Mary Ashberry.
Robert Wadlow - a devastating disease
The largest human skeleton in the world, the authenticity of which is certainly not in doubt, was “found” inside a man named Robert Wadlow, the tallest recorded person in history. His height reached a height of 2.72 m, and his weight was more than 200 kg at the time of death: the numerous photographs of this man are truly impressive. He had a problem with his pituitary gland, which caused his skeleton to become so large.
In the photo, the largest man in the world is 2.72 m tall Surely many people believe that giants are extremely strong, but most of them are actually quite fragile: the large height and weight of a person does not correspond to the normal load-bearing properties of the human skeleton. So the man with the largest skeleton, Wadlow, died at the age of 22.
Irish giant - controversy surrounding remains
Born in Northern Ireland In the 18th century, a boy named Byrne began to develop rapidly physically during his teenage years. He soon reached a fairly high height of 235 cm, which made him famous all over the world and provided numerous mentions in the media. After gaining fame, he set off with a friend across the Irish Sea in search of fame and fortune, discovering his remarkable human curiosity.
The largest skeleton comes from the 18th century According to the memoirs of Dr. Thomas Muinzer, who researched Byrne's life, there were many remarkable reports in the newspapers of that time about how he lit his pipe from lamps in the streets in Edinburgh because he was so tall. He arrived in London in his early 20s and continued to show himself off in public, collecting a tidy income as crowds flocked to witness his gigantic stature for themselves. Lifetime images of the giant have been preserved, but in the photo you can only see his skeleton.
Documents from the time reported that he told friends he wanted to be buried at sea out of fear that surgeons might locate his body if he was buried in the cemetery. However, despite this, after his death his remains were taken to the Royal College of Surgeons Museum in London, where they were reduced to bare bones. Despite calls from scientists and human rights activists to honor Byrne's last wishes, his large skeleton remains on public display.
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The average height of a person in our time ranges from 165 to 180 cm. Anyone who exceeds these “standards” either ends up on the basketball team, or simply looks down on the whole world. And if the height exceeds two meters, then such people are called “giants” (however, there are dozens of other names that can rather be perceived as offensive nicknames). However, there are individuals in comparison with whom even your tallest friend will seem miniature. Today's list consists of just such, the tallest people on the planet!
Bernard with his family
Before being drafted into the army, Coyne indicated his height on the soldier’s card as 244 cm. However, the pathologists who examined the deceased stated that these data were slightly “underestimated” and his height was 257 cm. Bernard was born at the end of the 19th century in Iowa, where and was buried with full honors after the First World War.
The Sultan before the record commission in 2010
The Sultan is the tallest living person. His height is 252 cm. A similar anomaly was caused by hyperactivity of the pituitary gland, which had to be stopped in 2010. At the same time, Kösen’s height stopped increasing.
Angus and his "little" friend
The famous "Angus the Giant" was simply a huge, but well-proportioned man. No anomalies or abnormalities were found in his body. The Guinness Book of Records also claims that he was the strongest man who ever lived. He alone could easily lift anchors weighing up to a ton. In addition to all his other advantages, as his contemporaries claimed, Angus was a very impressive man and the owner of a beautiful velvety baritone.
Yao and father
This Chinese girl, like many giants, suffered from a tumor in the pituitary gland, which was the reason for her great growth. Yao died at the age of 40. Her height at that time was 238 cm.
The girl and her family
Tseng was the tallest woman on the planet. Due to the structure of her body, she could not fully straighten her back, so her height was 211 cm. If Tseng stood at attention, her height would be 248 cm. She was born in 1964 in China and died at the age of 17 from diabetes.
Ella and her parents in the photo
She was also known as the "Missouri Giant." Ella was born in 1872 and at the time of her maturity was the tallest living person on the planet. Despite constant ridicule about her appearance, Miss Ewing began to earn money for her family, showing off her features first at the Chicago Museum and then at the Barnaum and Bailey Exhibition. With a height of 256 centimeters, she had to spend a huge amount of fabric on dresses. Ella managed to make a small fortune, with which she bought a small farm for herself and her parents, where she peacefully ended her earthly journey.
Photo of Rogan in an anatomy textbook
John is considered the tallest African-American of all time. He was born in the late 780s of the 19th century in Tennessee. Until the age of 13, he was an absolutely normal boy, however, after that, his height began to increase rapidly until he reached 270 cm at the time of his death.
Bust of the Emperor in the Museum of Rome
This Roman emperor is famous for never having been to Rome. In addition, he was respected by ordinary soldiers for his unprecedented strength, which was considered a gift from the gods. Also known as Emperor Maximin the First, this giant rose from the very bottom of the military class. The Thracian ruled the Empire for three years - from 235 to 238 AD. His height was 249 cm.
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaq before his three-point shot (a successful one, by the way)
Perhaps the most famous “big guy” of our era. Shaq was one of the best basketball players in NBA history. He is also known for his roles in films (many remember the genie he played in the film “Kazaam”). His height can be called relatively normal - 217 cm.
Sandy with talk show host
Sandy was the tallest woman in the United States of America. Her height was 234.5 cm. As her relatives note, she was an extremely pleasant, kind and sympathetic person. Miss Allen died in hospital at the age of 50. During her interview with the New York Times, Sandy said that she would have married and had a million children if not for her growing pains.
Rumisa and her parents
In 2014, Rumeisa was recognized as the tallest teenager on planet Earth. The girl is not only not ashamed of her height (214 cm), but is also proud of it. Her body achieved such “heights” due to Weaver’s syndrome, in which from birth a person begins to grow rapidly and this growth does not stop for a single day.
Photo comparing Boupré to "ordinary" people
This Canadian was born in 1881 and from an early age attracted surprised looks from the public. His dream was simple and romantic: to go to the Wild West and become a cowboy, fortunately for this he had enormous strength - he could lift a horse. His height was 252 cm. Anomalies of the pituitary gland, which caused hypergrowth, caused his death at the age of 17 years.
Computer model of de Frankenpoint's skeleton
A man with such a respectable name was the personal bodyguard of the Duke of Brunswick at the beginning of the 15th century. According to the latest data received, Antoine was the first officially recognized “giant” with a height of 243 cm. There is not a single evidence that before him there were people of the same impressive size. De Frankenpoint's skeleton is now kept in the anatomical museum in Marburg.
Don with a cash check for participation in the competition of unusual people
Don was born in Montana in 1925. What is noteworthy is that he had a twin sister, whose height did not exceed the norm. Mr. Köhler was 250 cm tall, but gravity forced him to constantly hunch over. Don died at the age of 55 from heart failure.
Matt on the set of Tim Burton's film
Matthew is the tallest actor in the world. Many viewers remember him well from the film “Big Fish” by Tim Burton, where Matt played the charismatic giant Carl. Mr. McGoy also appeared in the films “Men in Black 2” and “Bubble Boy”. However, there were other films in his career, albeit less famous ones. His height was 232 cm. Matthew died at the age of 32 in 2005.
John and his doctor
Also known as the "South Buffalo Giant". His height is 244 cm. If John straightened up, it would add another 20 cm, but due to the pressure on the spine this was impossible. Like most giants, Mr. Carroll had a diseased pituitary gland. John worked as a park ranger and, as his colleagues say, there was not a single person who would not be charmed by this good-natured giant. In addition, Carroll positively radiated a love of life, infecting those around him with it. Friends and acquaintances jokingly called him “red big guy” because of his bright red hair.
Indian giant during a parade in Delhi
Vikas was the tallest man in India. He continued to grow throughout his life and in 2005 his height was an incredible 270 cm. Mr. Uppal died in 2007 during an unsuccessful operation to remove a brain tumor. Unfortunately, the commission did not have time to measure his height and enter it into the Guinness Book of Records.
Yao while playing for the Rockets
Perhaps one of the most famous giants, his face has become a meme (you can easily find tens of thousands of pictures with him). Min is a professional basketball player and surpassed Shaquille in height (231 cm versus 217). In 2011, Yao ended his sports career due to joint and ankle diseases. In the NBA he played for the Houston Rockets, and in China for the Shanghai Sharks.
Hafthor throws a stone cannonball weighing 40 kg
Remember the huge pile of muscle named Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane from the film adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones series)? This is one of the strongest people on the planet, Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson. What’s remarkable is that he was barely 28 years old (and you couldn’t tell by looking at it). His height is 210 cm.
One of the most famous photographs of Veino
The height of this Finnish giant was 256 cm. Veino served in the army and is still considered the tallest soldier in the history of mankind. Died in 1963.
Margot during a game in the NBA Women's League
A Polish basketball player and simply spectacular woman, Margot lived a full life with a height of 219 cm. She died in 2011 from a heart attack.
Robert and his family
Newspapers nicknamed him the "Illinois Giant." Robert was born in 1918 and died in 1940, barely reaching adulthood. At the age of six he was already taller than his parents. At the time of his death, he was on tour with a circus troupe. Robert's height was 247 cm and he had to use not only a cane, but also leg braces and a corset to walk.
Brock with his mother
Brock is an ordinary teenager from Michigan with only one problem: he suffers from a rare genetic disease, Sotos syndrome. Because of this disease, he grows by 20 cm every year. Now his height is 240 cm and buying clothes is a serious expense item from the family budget, since everything has to be sewn to order. This is exactly the case when buying clothes “to grow” will no longer work.
Brahim during a tour of Paris
His height is 247 cm and he holds the “silver” title for the tallest man alive today. But he can boast of the longest foot - size 58. There is no factory that produces shoes in these sizes, so each pair is created specifically for Brahim. However, the Moroccan government sponsors the production of shoes for Brahim, so the problem can hardly be called significant.
Andre "The Giant" before the fight with Hogan
Known to many thanks to his role in the fairy tale “The Princess Bride” (who hasn’t watched it, be sure to fill this gap). However, he also has another achievement: he filled stadiums during wrestling matches and even competed with Hulk Hogan (although we all know what wrestling is). Andre's height was 221 cm. He is sometimes called the “eighth wonder of the world.” He became the first fighter to be inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1993 (posthumously).
Anthropologists argue that in the process of evolution, people will become shorter and shorter. Therefore, it is possible that in one or two generations only legends will remain about the giants. I would like to believe that not a single person on this list will be forgotten (as well as all the others who were not included in it).
In the modern world there are many people with enormous growth who are also considered giants.
Giants were first mentioned in the Bible.
It happened in the Old Testament - there were giants on earth, and in their eyes the common people were like locusts to us. The Bible calls giants strong, glorious people of old, and compares them to the sons of God.
The legendary Philistine giant Goliath is known as a mythical hero who was three meters tall and had enormous physical strength. According to ancient legends, he fought his enemies by throwing huge boulders at them, which reached the size of a head of cabbage. However, according to legend, despite his superhuman strength, Goliath was defeated by the brave shepherd David, who was quite standard in size and not distinguished by gigantic physical strength.
The victory of brave David over the mighty giant today is an example for many young men whose physical nature is far from heroic standards. Subsequently, David, the winner of Goliath, became king and ruled in the Kingdom of Israel from 1005 BC. to 965 BC
Giant people were also mentioned in ancient Greek sources. One of these were the Titans - the children of the Earth goddess Gaia, who were monstrous giants. It was mentioned that they were born from drops of the blood of Uranus, the ancient Greek God of Heaven. According to legend, huge titans fought against the Olympian gods, but were overthrown into Tartarus, deep within the earth, after Hercules defeated them.
Another representative of the giants was the patron god of Babylon. According to ancient legend, he had immeasurable strength and was so tall that he overshadowed all other gods. The Babylonian creation epic names him "marduk" ("son of pure sky") as the supreme deity of Babylonia.
Giants in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages are also characterized by the presence of giants of their time. According to the legends of that time, the Slavic hero Svyatogor, being a comrade in arms of Mikula Selyaninovich and Ilya Muromets, had superhuman strength and was very tall. According to ancient Slavic writings, Svyatogor was taller than trees and so heavy that the Earth could not bear his weight and collapsed under his feet.
One Russian writer, studying and creating writing for the peoples of the North, outlined the legend of this people in his work “Chukchi”. According to this legend, a tribe of incredibly tall people lived in the snow-covered tundra. This was about two thousand years ago, however, even today modern times Northern hunters on their way meet incredibly tall men with muscular builds.
The Hutsul people once sang a song about giants. Residents of Ukrainian villages and villages still know and sing it in their circles. In this song they described ancient people of enormous stature living in the mountain valley of the Carpathians. They were called giants, walking a mile and reaching the sky. Later, this Hutsul folk song was used by director Sergei Parajanov in his outstanding creation “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.”
Giants of Ancient Rome
Posio and Scundila
The famous “Gardens of Salustius” in Rome, which belonged to a historian who lived in the 1st century BC, were guarded by the giants Posio and Scundila. They were widely known throughout the city due to their enormous height, reaching three meters. In addition, the giants had a formidable character, which scared petty thieves and hooligans away from the luxurious Salustiya estate.
Another giant, whose height almost reached 3.5 meters, was one of the hostages sent to Rome by the Persian king. According to the writings of Josephus, an ancient Jewish historian, the giant did not possess any supernatural power, but was known for his gluttony, and in “eating competitions” he was always ahead of his rivals.
Giants in the eyes of travelers
Great travelers also managed to see giants. The Spaniard Ferdinand Magellan, a famous navigator, wintered in Argentina in 1520. On his expedition in modern Patagonia, he met a giant whose height exceeded two meters, and Magellan himself was waist-deep. Later, two more natives were captured by Magellan's people, who were intended to be delivered as a gift to King Charles I. But the natives died on the way across the ocean, unable to withstand the difficult transition, and were thrown overboard. According to some sources, Patagonia takes its name from the word patagón, which Magellan used to call the giants he met.
Another English navigator Francis Drake in 1578, making trip around the world, met on the shores of Patagonia people more than 2.8 meters tall, which he wrote down in his logbook.
Giants of the past century
Robert Pershing Wadlow
Giants also met in the last century. Among us lived a number of people with enormous stature. One of these people, Robert Pershing Wadlow, is called “the tallest man in history.” Robert Wadlow lived from 1918 to 1940 in Alton, Illinois. Throughout his short life he continued to grow, and at the time of Robert Wadlow’s death his height was 2 m 72 centimeters, his foot was 49 cm, and he weighed 199 kg.
But this is not an isolated case where growth modern man reached non-standard sizes. In total, in the history of medicine of the last century, 17 giant people were recorded, taller than 2.44 m. John William Rogan, whose height was 2 m 64 cm, was the second in the number of tall people in history after Robert Pershing Wadlow. John F. Carroll was 2 m 63 cm tall, another giant, Finn Välno Myllyrinne, was 2 m 51 cm tall, and Bernard Coyen was 2 m 48 cm tall. Another person with a non-standard height of 2 m 49 cm was Don Kohler.
Giant woman
Among the representatives of female giants, the tallest woman in the world was recognized and still remains a Chinese woman from Hunan province - Zeng Jinlian, who lived in 1964-1982. Her height began to develop actively at the age of 4 months and by the age of four it reached 156 cm, and by the time of her death at the age of 18 her height was 2 m 48 cm.
Giants Hugo
The Hugo twin brothers were known to residents of the late 19th century. Baptiste and Antoine Hugo, twin brothers called "giants of the Alps" performed in Europe and America.
The eldest of the brothers, Baptist Hugo, was photographed with the inhabitants of North Africa, and called himself “the tallest man on all the Earth.” The height of Antoine, the youngest of the brothers, was 225 cm.
The Russian hero Fyodor Makhnov, a popular giant of the last century, became famous due to his impressive height of 2 m 68 cm. As St. Petersburg newspapers described him in 1906, he was “a Russian giant, the height of which has never before been seen in any part of the world.” globe».
Fyodor Makhnov was born in the northeast of Belarus, near the village of Kostyuki in 1878. From the age of fourteen, Fedor traveled around the world with his performances and aroused surprised glances from the public and universal admiration.
At the age of sixteen, according to the contract, Makhnov’s height was “3 arshins 9 inches,” which in today’s terms is 253 centimeters. According to the Warsaw anthropologist Lushan, the height of Fyodor Makhnov continued to increase and reached a maximum of 285 cm. As Lushan noted in 1903 in the journal “Nature and People”, in order to at least slightly introduce this extraordinary person in society, the boots of the giant Fyodor to a person of standard height was chest-deep, and a boy of about 12 could fit in his full-length boot.
Makhnov was distinguished not only by his enormous height, but also by his superhuman physical strength. At his performances, he raised the orchestra platform, bent horseshoes and twisted spirals from iron rods. Being so famous, Fedor, of course, aroused interest among the common people in his personal life. Newspapers of that time published information that Fyodor Makhnov had a wife and five children. However, the father’s enormous height did not affect his offspring in any way, and all of Fedor’s children were of normal height.
Over time, Fyodor Makhnov got tired of being fun for the public, he quit his performances and moved to live in his native land, where he built a new farm with the proceeds from his performances. According to official data, Fyodor Makhnov died at the age of 34 from pneumonia. However, some suggested that the “Russian Gulliver” was poisoned by competitors - circus strongmen and giants.
Makhnov’s grave is still preserved in the cemetery of the village of Kostyuki. It says “The Tallest Man in the World.” He was 3 arshins 9 inches tall.” However, Fedor’s grave is a place without a burial, and the remains of the giant are no longer there. The skeleton of the Russian hero was exhumed in 1939 and was sent for study to the Medical Institute in Minsk. However, the skeleton remained lost after the destruction of the war, and has not been found to this day.
Sultan Kösen
According to Guinness World Records, the man currently living and the tallest is Turkish farmer Sultan Kösen. This man was born in December 1982 and now lives in Turkey. He is currently 2.51 m tall
Leonid Stadnik
Another contemporary giant who was voluntarily removed from the Guinness Book of Records is Leonid Stadnik. It no longer appears in the book of records because... refused the next control weighing. Currently, Leonid lives in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine, in the village of Podolyantsy. Today, Leonid’s height is 2 m 53 cm, and he weighs 200 kg, and this, apparently, is not the limit, because he continues to grow.
Alexander Sizonenko
Alexander Sizonenko (1959 - 2012), another tall man of our time. He was born in the Kherson region of Ukraine, the village of Zaporozhye. Alexander was a famous basketball player who was the tallest in the history of the sport. Sizonenko was brought up in a sports boarding school in St. Petersburg, and played for the Leningrad team “Spartak” and the Kuibyshev “Stroitel”. The height of the tallest basketball player was 243 cm. Unfortunately, in January 2012 in the city of St. Petersburg, Alexander died.
Official science is still suspicious of hypotheses about the existence of gigantic people in the past. However, numerous studies by enthusiasts may well change the usual picture of human history.
Mysterious remains
Traces of the existence of giant people have been discovered repeatedly over many centuries. Reports of found skulls or bones of abnormally large sizes came from different parts of the planet - the USA, Egypt, Armenia, China, India, Mongolia, Australia and even the Pacific Islands. True, a person’s height over two meters now would not surprise anyone. As photographs show, even in the 19th century there were people whose height significantly exceeded two meters.
However, we are talking about finds from which one can judge the much more impressive dimensions of humanoid individuals. In 1911, near Lovelock in the US state of Nevada, guano mining was suspended, as scientists were interested in the found human skeletons with a height of 3.5 meters.
Archaeologists were especially struck by the jaw discovered away from the complete skeletons: its size was at least three times larger than the jaw of an average person.
During the mining of jasper in Australia, the remains of giant people were also found, significantly exceeding three meters in height. But the real sensation was a human tooth 67 millimeters high and 42 millimeters wide. Its owner had to be at least 6 meters tall.
Perhaps the most astonishing discovery was made by the Indian military. Found in the remote Empty Quarter region of India, the well-preserved skeletons reached a height of 12 meters! However, the place was immediately closed from prying eyes, allowing only a team of archaeologists to approach the ancient burial grounds.
Written sources
Information about giant people is contained in almost all known ancient texts - the Torah, Bible, Koran, Vedas, as well as Chinese and Tibetan chronicles, Assyrian cuneiform tablets and Mayan writings.
In the book of the prophet Isaiah there is a mention of how the Jews were sent by sea “to a strong and vigorous people, to a terrible people from the beginning to this day, to a tall people who trample down everything, whose land is cut by rivers.”
But similar information is also available in later sources that claim to be historically accurate. The Arab diplomat Ahmed ibn Fodlan in 922 described the remains of the murdered giant during his embassy to Volga Bulgaria: “and here I am near this man, and I see his height, measuring with my elbow, twelve cubits. And now his head is the biggest cauldron that ever exists. And the nose is larger than a quarter, both eyes are huge, and the fingers are each larger than a quarter.”
If we assume that the Arab traveler’s elbow was of modest size, then the giant’s height was no less than 4 meters.
Interestingly, Fodlan’s story is indirectly confirmed by local legends about an entire tribe of giants, recorded at the end of the 18th century by Russian explorers of the Volga basin.
Stone artifacts
Silent witnesses to the existence of giant people can be traces of their material culture. During excavations in Australia, stone tools of impressive size were discovered near the gigantic remains - plows, chisels, knives, clubs and axes, whose weight ranged from 4 to 9 kilograms.
Similar discoveries were made during excavations of ancient settlements in the Okavango Delta. The collection of the US Historical Society exhibits a bronze ax whose height exceeds 1 meter and the blade is half a meter long. The weight of the find is 150 kilograms. A modern athlete would hardly be able to handle such a weapon.
Even more indicative artifacts indicating the possible presence of giants on our planet can be megalithic buildings - we can find them on various continents. Of particular interest to scientists is Lebanese Baalbek, which can only be called a city of giants. At the very least, researchers still cannot scientifically explain the appearance there of stone slabs that fit perfectly together, weighing supposedly up to 800 tons each.
Fake!
Between supporters and opponents of the existence of meganthropes in Lately A serious debate has developed that does not accept compromise. So anthropologist Maria Mednikova calls the information about the discovery of bones of four-meter people an ordinary fake.
“From a formal point of view,” says the scientist, “it is not confirmed by documented archaeological excavations, there are no conclusions of specialists - anthropologists or forensic doctors - who could reasonably say what these bones are.”
Cases of outright falsification also cause a negative reaction from the scientific community. Thus, the “skeleton of the giant Teutobochus” - the king of the Cimbri, which stood for several centuries in the French Museum natural history turned out to be a fake, skillfully composed of mastodon bones. It is not uncommon for modern finds to be exposed upon careful examination of what turn out to be the remains of large mammals. Also, the “defenders of giants” are discredited by the noticeably more frequent cases of photoshop in recent years.
Habitat
The weak point of the theory of meganthropes is modern earthly conditions. Official science assures that with the current atmospheric pressure, oxygen level, gravity and other nuances, people with a height of over 3 meters simply would not survive for purely biological reasons.
As confirmation of this, they cite the example of people suffering from gigantism - such people, as a rule, do not live more than 40 years. However, their opponents have counterarguments. They believe that in the distant past, conditions on Earth were different, including lower gravity and oxygen levels about 50% higher.
The last figure is confirmed by analysis of air bubbles “trapped” in amber. Moreover, modern physicists have simulated conditions in which the force of gravity became an order of magnitude lower than it is now. The conclusions are as follows: weak gravity, low atmospheric pressure and high oxygen content in the air contribute to the gigantization of biological species.
Here, official science does not particularly object - dinosaurs up to 30 meters high are a generally accepted fact. True, there is one more “but”. The age of most machines of giant people is dated back to millions of years, and during this time even bones turn to dust, unless, of course, they are petrified.
"Borjomi Giants"
However, perhaps the giants lived not so long ago. A representative of the same official science, Georgian academician Abesalom Vekua, suggested that 3-meter people inhabited the Borjomi Gorge about 25 thousand years ago. The results of recent discoveries, in his opinion, can become sensational. “Pay attention to the femur,” says the scientist, “it differs from the bone of a modern person in its size and thickness. The skull is also much larger. These people lived and developed separately from the rest of civilization, and therefore differed in height. In scientific literature they are mentioned as giants, but there was no documentary evidence of this hypothesis. Thus, we are on the verge of a sensation. But this will be preceded by painstaking work.”
Many legends of the world tell about giants, giants, titans in all ancient written sources. We are often informed about discoveries in different corners globe of skeletons of people of abnormal growth. So maybe our ancestors were giants?
Stone Age burials have been discovered in the Sahara Desert. The age of the remains is approximately 5000 years. In 2005-2006, about 200 burials were found. All of them were tall, more than two meters
Giant fossils were found in Turkey. The human leg bone is 120 cm long. Based on this, the person’s height should have been 5 meters. 
In China, people were found who were 3-3.5 meters tall and weighed 300 kg.
In Australia, anthropologists found a fossilized tooth 67 mm high and 42 mm wide. According to estimates, the owner of the tooth should have been 7.5 meters tall and weighed 370 kg. Analyzes determined the age of the find - 9 million years
A jaw was found in one of the caves. But despite the resemblance to a human one, the size of the found bone seems abnormally large
It is assumed that all the main monuments of antiquity (Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, Sphinx) were built by these giants. According to scientists, giants are the race that preceded us (not to be confused with the current concept that characterizes belonging to a particular nationality). They mastered psychic energy and “life force” that were unusual for us.
The Aryan race appeared in the depths of the Atlantic civilization about 1 million years ago. All modern earthlings are called Aryans. The early Aryans were 3-4 meters tall, then their height decreased
Anthropologists have even found drawings on Inca stones. They were discovered in Peru. And these drawings show that people lived with dinosaurs. By comparing these drawings, scientists discovered amazing fact: Humans and dinosaurs have roughly similar proportions! Perhaps the era of dinosaurs was inhabited by giant people. And a man is in the mouth of a dinosaur, and a dinosaur with a cut off head...
Evidence of the discovery of the remains of giants is found in almost every part of the world: this is Mexico, and Peru, and Pennsylvania, and Tunisia, and Texas, and the Philippines, and Syria, and Morocco, and Australia, and Spain, and Georgia... It’s worth thinking about as much about the plausibility of their existence as about the reasons for the disappearance of such a more diverse and powerful civilization than you and me...
