A Giant, 10 Skulls, and Rope-Bound Corpses: This Viking-Era ‘Execution Pit’ Has Stories to Tell

Archaeologists and students in England have uncovered a mass grave, which includes the remains of an exceptionally tall man ...
Ancient Origins

Viking Age Mass Grave in UK Reveals “Giant” with Skull Surgery

The mass grave was uncovered during a University of Cambridge training excavation at Wandlebury, an Iron Age hillfort just south of the city. The burial pit itself measured roughly four meters by one ...
Yahoo

How a giant prehistoric elephant skull helped untangle an evolutionary mystery

400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger than their modern-day cousins. Their evolution has long been a mystery to ...
AOL

Giant elephant skull fossil offers a rare glimpse into the ancient giant’s past

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull remained a ...
Sacramento Bee

‘What killed an animal that size?’ Mysterious giant skull washes ashore on NJ beach

This washed ashore days ago at New Jersey’s Island Beach State Park. What is it? Island Beach State Park photo A giant skull with something akin to tweezers for a mouth washed ashore in New Jersey, ...