The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-28
THE GIANTS OF OLD
ANCIENT RACES MARVELs OF PHYS
IcAL DEVELOPMENT

atcd In size as well as longevity is u
fact well att,stcd 10y various authori.
tics \ prominent Washington rhysi-
clan who has made life study OF
brain and cerebral developments, says
that. on visiting the catacombs of Par
Is, what struck him most in those vast
repositories of the contents of the
city's ancient gravcyards was tine
great size &C thr skulls in comparison
with those of more modern mankind.
This superiority of development iu the
men who lived lOuO years or moro ago
the scientist attributes To the open air
life then iu vogue aud thc physical
sports and exercises INDUCED iu
There are several races ot giants
mentioned IN the Bible, and the Grcvk
aud Roman historians have recorded
many cSumpics which serve To show
that these specimens ot elongated hu-
mauity were hy no means rare at one
period OF The worlds history
Thus it is mentioned that the Empcr-
or MaNimiau wIs eight feet some inch
eS high. The body Of Orcstcs accord
ing to the Greeks. was eleven aud u
half feet IN height. the giant Gulhora.
hrorght rr,,r ,r.Ii, ia p,,rr ru,lcr
Claudius Caesar, measured near ten
Zoo, ,pJ tho rnrr. of Snrnrdu, Ypl
pusio. keepers Of the gardens of Sal
lust. were but six inches shorter.
Tho uroIol,ilitv is thot outsi,In ur cul
,ivot,i Gr,,,, ,uI Pom, p,,,.p., t,n
spr,iborharous nr fine creator pnr, of
prn.out l,.. Fur.pc,u notinps ubvsir,I
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Gu,,,rl. ,.l..u ha4 ...a,y t,r.l au!
t,ot t,o h,J,. v-.s rnr loss t'.au Gr.s,H.
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hy 1rl.r.l, ugrnr,. ,r Cl,r,,mg..s
v.os ci.hfn,Y r,,t. nf.r
HcyIgud 81 celebrated ap1t,mi-; who
wrntr +, 1tui SAWS thar s.lr y.lr.,
hnroro th.t finn, thor, WAS T., me sar.
in tbn suhurhs of ~ Grrmouo tha
tomb or hr ,,iaut Isnrct who WAS
tvopt, r,pt Ii.b
At I,,ucu I'm 1-ug I'm dfrr,p, in TN,
ditcb,s pnar thr Uomipicouo there
.vos found 81 st,uc to,.h containing Il
skeleton whose. shin bone reached up
IN tbe pirdI, of tho toIlcst man there.
hniur ohout rour foot long and conse-
ou.utlv thc lodv must hoye bc,u sey-
entcon ar eiuhtrrn feet hiuh T'pon the
tomb was a plate of coprer upon which
WAS engraved "In this tomb lies the
noble aud uu,ssaut lord. the Chrvalicr
Ruon de Nancmuut. and his bones"
There is. indeed. evidence i'm the pom
dcrous armor aud two handed swords
which remain to us In museums TO
prove that the knight Of the ages Of
chlvlary was Il heroic specimen Of hu
man architecture.
Patterns, Il famous physician, de
clared that he saw at Lucarne the trda
human bones OF n subject who must
have been at least nineteen feet high.
valance, IN bauphihe' boasts OF pos
sesslhs the bones oi the giant BuclrL
tyraht OF the NNaral'' VINO was sam
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