Archaeology breakthrough: Bombshell discovery unearths third century 'human mountains' Giants

The discovery was made near Rome, as researchers came across the remains 
of a man that would have been classed as a giant when he lived in the 
third-century A.D.

It represents an incredibly rare find – as today gigantism affects about 
three people in a million worldwide.

The condition begins in childhood, when a malfunctioning pituitary gland 
causes abnormal growth.



Two partial skeletons, one from Poland and another from Egypt, had 
previously been identified as "probable" cases of gigantism, but the 
Roman specimen is thought to be the first clear case from the ancient 
past, study leader Simona Minozzi, a paleopathologist at Italy's 
University of Pisa said.

The figure stood at about 6ft 8 inches, classed as a giant in third 
century A.D when the average height for a man was 5ft 5 inches.

The unusual skeleton was found in 1991 during an excavation at a 
necropolis in Fidenae (map), a territory indirectly managed by Rome.

At the time, the Archaeological Superintendence of Rome, which led the 
project, noted that the man's tomb was abnormally long. It was only 
during a later anthropological examination, though, that the bones too 
were found to be unusual. Shortly thereafter, they were sent to 
Minozzi's group for further analysis.

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