Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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> The bones were brought back to Athens by Kimon in
> 475 BCE. The story reported by Plutarch is that
> the 'giant' bones were found associated with a
> bronze spear and sword so I guess they weren't
> fossils unless Kimon 'salted' the find - which
> given the political motives involved he just might
> have!

What's interesting about this is the insight it gives into how people in the mid-1st millennium BC viewed such phenomena.

(Cross reference to a previous thread)

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