CONCLUSION

THERE WERE GIANTS ON THE EARTH!

The monumental stoneworks of the ancient world bear mute witness to the giants who quarried, transported, and placed the megaliths to construct awe-inspiring temples, fortresses, astronomical sites, sculptures, graves, and monuments to the dead.

But all the evidence of the giants is not mute. From the Bible’s specific listing of thirty-six tribes and twenty-two individual giants in the ancient Holy Land, to dramatic Greek legends, to the folklore of the Solomon Islands, the stories told by peoples around the globe attest to the presence of giants living, building, fighting, and ruling throughout the ancient world. Despite the vast differences in cultures in places as disparate as Russia and Africa, the British Isles and the Hawaiian Islands, Spain and New Zealand, France and India, and beyond, they have all preserved memories of ancient giants.

In addition, around the world, the impressive remains of giants have been found preserved under stone and earth, sometimes accompanied by giant-sized weapons. Despite the all-too-common “habit” of academia to “lose” or rebury those remains in museum catacombs, the documentation of their discoveries in the popular press is widespread. One wonders at the academic resistance to acknowledging the existence of our larger forebears: Is it because modern egos recoil from the idea that anything bigger or better could have come before? Is this a form of species arrogance: not allowing any disturbance to the story line that current humans are the victorious culmination of “survival of the fittest”? Or is it due to a fundamental disease with visions of humanity too unlike what we know?

Whatever the reason, for all the traces of ancient giants preserved in the human psyche and in the earth, there are almost as many instances of cover-ups and dismissals. But, as you have seen, when the records that have not been erased are gathered together, as they are here, they constitute evidence that is not easily dismissed, especially when they are paired with the abundant and pervasive oral history of giants and their still visible monumental creations.

If you haven’t already, I encourage you to use this book to guide your explorations of the rich treasure trove of legends and folklore of giants from around the world, further research the remains of giants, or visit the inspiring and wonder-inducing megalithic sites. It is sure to be a gigantic adventure!