It’s a lie: the first complete, visible skeleton of a person with gigatism has been discovered near Rome, according to a new study.
At 6 feet 8 inches (202 centimeters) tall, the map would have been a gigantic third-century AD Rome, where the average height was about 5 and a half feet (167 centimeters). By comparison, the tallest map today measures 8 feet 3 inches (251 centimeters).
Recovering these types of skeletons is rare, because gigatism itself is extremely rare and today affects about three people out of a million worldwide. Copdition begins in childhood, when a malfunction of the pituitary glans causes abnormal growth.
Two partial skeletons, one from Poland and one from Egypt, have previously been identified as “probable” cases of gigatism, but the Roman specimen is the first clear case from the open past, according to study leader Simopa Mipozzi, a paleopathologist at the Italian University from Pisa. , he said via email.
According to scientific legends, a giant race of people walked the Earth who built giant pyramids and buildings like divine temples. Its existence also tells the story of David and Goliath and countless fairy tales.
The mystery is why these people died. Generally large remains, supposedly discovered by scientists in Bulgaria, could help answer that question.
The necropolis had a cache of about 80 skeletons, and most of them were complete. In addition, they also found preserved ceramic vessels filled with grain. However, in recent years, villagers discovered Tita’s cemetery in the apple orchard.
In addition to large skulls, they discovered intact skeletons, jewelry and fragments of vessels, specifically 3-meter statues. Even at this point, a group of archaeologists expelled and discovered remains were forgotten, it is said among the locals.