The Dolichocephalous Skulls of Malta

Image source: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_maltaskulls_1.htm

Malta has its own history of a megalithic period, accompanied by the cone-headed people, who seem to turn up all around the world where megalithic structures are found.

 The Hypogeum of Hal Salflienti, in Malta. Source: http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_malta02.htm

This blog article mentions a megalithic temple, where men of unusual cranial capacity were buried. This place is also known as "The Hypogeum of Hal Salflienti". This blog article has several good pictures of the hypogeum.

Looking at the picture of these skulls, you can also see the missing sagittal suture, very much like the Paracas conehead skulls of Peru.

The modern population of Malta are largely related to the Arabs and speak a Semitic language related to Arabic. However, in the past, there have obviously been other cultures there. The article says that in Malta, there was a culture there that was worshipping "the mother goddess" from 4100-2500 BC. The date 2500 BC is a key date, according to the article, which is when that culture suddenly ended.

The authors of the article associate the cone-headed race of Malta with the cone-headed race of Egypt. They go on to say that they were an aristocratic class, and only mingled with their own kind. If you look up images of Nefertiti or Tutankhamun, every depiction of them shows definite skull elongation, and increased relative cranial capacity.

Underground city with large skeleton in Missouri

This one comes from Missouri, from around 1895. Here follows the text:

A strange story comes up from Missouri. At Moberly in that state some workmen at the bottom of a coal shaft 360 feet below the surface came upon a buried city arched in by a hard and thick stratum of lava. The streets are regularly laid out and enclosed by walls of stone, which is cut and dressed in a fairly good although rude style of masonry. A hall 30x100 feet was discovered wherein were stone benches and tools of all descriptions for mechanical service. Further search disclosed statues and images made of composition closely resembling bronze but lacking luster. Of course curiosity was aroused to ascertain what kind of people dwelt in this strange city buried for centuries beneath the earth's surface. With a good deal of difficulty in removing debris the workmen finally succeeded in reaching a spot where a stone fountain was found in a wide court or street, and from it a stream of perfectly pure water was flowing, which upon being tested was found to be strongly impregnated with lime. Lying beside the fountain were portions of the skeleton of a human being  and from measurement of the bones it was concluded that when alive the figure was three times the size of an ordinary man and possessed of wonderful muscular power and quickness. The implements found in the city embrace bronze and flint knives, stone and granite hammers, metallic saws of rude workmanship but proved metal, and others of similar character. They are not so highly polished nor so accurately made as those now finished by our best mechanics, but they show skill and an evidence of an advanced civilization.

The searching party spent twelve hours in the depths, and only gave up explorations because of the oil in their lamps being low. These facts are vouched for by the recorder of the city of Moberly and the city marshal, who were of the exploring party. The story, if true, is singular, and if not true is a yarn that would have done credit to Missouri in the palmiest days of her romancing.

Here is some more information about this find.

Off an a Polynesian tangent this time

I came across this in a Wikipedia discussion:

From; Migrations, Myth and Magic from the Gilbert Islands by Rosemary Grimble
Taranga (Polynesian) lived on the sea, and when he finally decided to settle on Samoa he was surprised to find Auriaria (tall, red haired people) already there and they remained the dominant people. From Auriaria and Taranga came the Te-uribaba lineage who had beliefs against the terrible practices (human sacrifice) of the Auriaria, but did not gain power. Taburimai was a later lineage. Koura was another breakaway group but they embraced the ways of the Auriaria . Tabu-ariki, Riiki, Nei Tevenei and Nei Tituaabine are all more recent lineages that grew out of this family tree. All these people descended from the Auriaria were known as; “The Red men, with red hair and pale skin”. The first great kings of Samoa was ‘Batuku, the skull'. He was tall with a very long skull. He was of the Auriaria lineage. The food of Batuku was the heads of the people killed by his children. There came a time of boatbuilding and sailing. The children of Batuku joined with the many people from other islands – the male lineages came from Au-te-venevene, Au-te-rarangaki, Taburitokia, Kotunga, Kaburoro and Nan-Te-Buaka people. The female lineages came from Nei Bubuia, Nei Te-wa-matang, Nei Kaekea, Nei Te-wi, Nei Kiaiai and Nei Kameenono people. These people together began making boats that could sail great distances in search for food for ‘Batuku the skull', their ancestor figure. This new society was led by Kaburoro and they built a great boat. To launch it they slew many men for the rollers.

There is the recurring them here about cone-headed, red-haired giants.

Read the rest here.

Then there is a great YouTube video "New Zealand: Skeletons in the Cupboard". It is not all about giants, but they are mentioned near the end. The whole video is fascinating to watch.

 
 

A bit about the Paracas conehead race

Some background info about the Paracas skulls

There have been a number of human cultures, where head binding of infants has been a practiced as a tradition. When this is done, the infant's head is bound between two boards, so that it takes on a cone shape as it grows. Could this tradtion date back to a time when humans had interactions with this other race? One can only speculate. The Paracas elongated (conehead) skulls were not the product of cranial deformation - they were naturally that way.

The Paracas skulls were also quite a bit heavier and bigger than normal human skulls, and had quite a bit more brain capacity. The Paracas skulls also lack a sagittal suture.

Image from Wikipedia's article about the sagittal suture

Seen here above  is a normal human skull. The sagittal suture traverses down the center of the top of the head, holding the parietal plates together.

Image from the blog of L.A. Marzulli.

Seen here is the top of one of the Paracas elongated skulls. As you can see, there is no sagittal suture, unlike in a normal human skull.


Elongated skulls in other parts of the world

Ancient Egypt also has pictures and sculptures of notable people who have elongated skulls. Some of the headdresses one could imagine might have been for someone with an elongated skull. Whether or not this was from cranial deformation (head binding) or if they were related to this same race in Paracas is unknown. King Tutankhamun supposedly had an elongated skull.

Shown here is a Paracas elongated skull, with some reddish brown hair still attached to it, next to a normal human skull. Image from L.A. Marzulli's blog.

Giants in Aztec legends

Shown here is a picture of the Aztec warrior Tzilacatzin. He is said to have killed several Spanish warriors by throwing rocks at them. This picture comes from the Florentine Codex. The Aztec book, Vision de los Vencidos (The Broken Spears) by Miguel León-Portilla, also tells more about Tzilacatzin.

The caption below tells what is happening here. The Quinametzin are a race of giants described in Aztec lore. Many of the important Azetec cities are said to have been founded by Quinametzin. The Wikipedia article tells a little about this.

More information is to follow about the Aztecs and their giant lore to follow, as I gather information together.

The Cardiff Giant Hoax

Image source: http://skepdic.com/graphics/cardiffgiant.jpg

According to Wikipedia and other articles online, the Cardiff Giant was a large gypsum sculpture created by George Hull in 1869 and "found" while he was digging a well. In a time when lots of people were actually finding bones of unusually large people, especially in Ohio, I suppose he must have wanted a piece of the action. After all, one could make good money in the late 1800's with an interesting archaeological find. People liked "freak shows" during that era. According to Wikipedia, Mr. Hull was claimed to have been an atheist, and created the sculpture as a response to an argument he had in a church about the validity of Genesis 4.

One dead giveaway for me is to see the sculpted hair. Hair quite often survives, in the case of mummified remains. If the body is decomposed down to only the bones, then no trace of the hair is usually found. Hair can sometimes survive burial if it is in the presence of brass, copper, or silver, as the oxides coming off the metals will preserve organic matter in its immediate vicinity. So if you ever find something of metal, take all the organic matter from around it and inspect it carefully. You will never know what you might find.

Interestingly, the article earlier in this blog had claims in it that putrefied flesh was found attached to the giant. So this must have been a quite elaborate hoax. However, one cannot substitute a gypsum sculpture for a real fossil and fool the specialists in the field.

Link to what Wikipedia says about the find.

Most of what is posted in this blog appear to be quite valid archaeological finds. These finds are not limited to the US. Other finds have been show to occur in the Caucasus, the Middle East, Sardinia, France, India, Africa, etc. I didn't expect a find to turn up as a hoax, but then why would I be suprised?

Skeletons of Giants in Alaska

SKELETONS OF GIANTS IN ALASKA
Ancient Cemetery Uncovered in the Atlin Gold District.
Special Dispatch to The Call. VANCOUVER, Nov. 17.— James L. Ferkinson, an American miner of Atlin, arrived here today with news of the finding of a number of skeletons in an ancient Indian cemetery in the north, which is of startling scientific interest. Perkinson is one of the owners of the Yellow Ja cket, a rich claim which is supposed to be the fountain head of Pine, the principal creek in Atlin district. Two weeks ago the first excavations were being made for a new tunnel on the property and what appears to have been an old Indian burying ground was opened up.

Five skeletons, nearly complete, were exhumed and each is the set of bones that belonged to a giant of prehistoric times. One of the skeletons measures over seven feet in length, so that the man must have been considerably over that height. Then there were two others of within an inch of seven feet and the remaining two were more than six feet in length and the men were of gigantic frame.

The altitude is high and the ground was half frozen, so that the bones were preserved almost intact. Perkinson says that he expects if they had kept on digging they would have found many more, as these were lying comparatively close together. The bones of the fingers and toes bad crumbled away, but the finger of one skeleton hand was sufficiently strong to hold a ring of what appears to be lead or some similar base metal. The skeletons were unusually well formed, but one unique feature was that the arms were several inches shorter than ordinarily appears, while the size of the bones of the forearm was enormous in comparison to the usual models.

Beside two of the skeletons were spears, rudely shaped with a soft metal and pointed with sharp stones. The spears were only about three feet long and five inches thick at the top. tapering at the lower end. The top contained a socket into which a wooden shaft was notably placed, in order to wield the big piece of metal. Other pieces of stone and carved metal were found. The general physical appearance of the skeletons, according to the cursory examination of the miners, was similar to that of the Indians of the present day. They were certainly of the flathead type of the present northern tribes. That the burying place Is of ancient origins evidenced by the fact that the Indians say none of their tribesmen have lived within fifty miles of this place as far back as stories have been handed down. There are several mounds, presumably made by the Indians, in the vicinity of the new mine tunnel now being extended.

Source:  San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 171, 18 November 1900