Secret History
Archaeologists from the Institute of Caucasus Archaeology have unearthed a strange-looking skeleton of a woman, who is believed to have lived sometime between the 4th and 6th centuries, near the Russian city of Nazran in the Caucasus Mountains. Her skull appears alien-like, as it was severely deformed and egg-shaped.
The strange shape of her skull and incredibly full rows of white teeth led scientists to believe that she belonged to a noble class of citizens. This is not the first time that archaeologists have found such skulls - several other nations, like Alans, Huns, and Samaritans, used special techniques to change the shape of skulls and necks. This was allegedly done by the nobility to underscore their status.
Normally this was done by applying tight bandages or putting rings on children's heads early in life, when the body develops its shape.
Reader Comments
'Elites' is one way of describing them.
Decendants of the fallen angels would be another, Men of remown.
As for the historical and pan-earth prevalence of long shaped skulls, it makes you wonder why humanity has consistently and deliberately inflicted needless harm to itself when life and 'fate' are sure to provide more than enough pain and suffering. It's like some immature psychological response where we say, 'Fine, life comes with pain so I'll show you pain and at least we can attach some 'meaning' to it! I mean, who would hurt their own babies? -- Oh, yeah, except for our own newborns who may experience: Genital mutilation, doctor-determined sex, circumcision, innoculations, heel-stabbing blood tests, formula over breast-feeding preference, dissing of midwives, forcing water before milk, etc. - things that may not happen so often now but did happen in my lifetime.)
And why do some people need to be 'superior in rank' while others seem to need to kowtow to a self-appointed elite? Answering that last question would go a long way in solving our current crises, too.
Reminds me of ancient measurements, the Ell comes to mind an ancient form of measurement, body parts were used, most notable the distance between the forearm and the third finger, also called a cubit in prehistorical times, as we know it, before BC.
From Wikki the Ell
An ell (from Proto-Germanic *alinō, cognate with Latin ulna)[1] is a unit of measurement, originally a cubit, i.e., approximating the length of a man's arm from the elbow (elbow literally meant the bend (bow) of the arm (ell)) to the tip of the middle finger, or about 18 inches (457 mm); in later usage, any of several longer units.[2][3] In English-speaking countries, these included (until the 19th century) the Flemish ell (3⁄4 of a yard), English ell (1 1⁄4 yards) and French ell (1 1⁄2 yards), some of which are thought to derive from a "double ell".[4][5
A Yard is 36 inches, don't' know what that would be in centimeters, look it up.
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In England, the ell was usually 45 in (1.143 m), or a yard and a quarter. It was mainly used in the tailoring business but is now obsolete. Although the exact length was never defined in English law, standards were kept; the brass ell examined at the Exchequer by Graham in the 1740s had been in use "since the time of Queen Elizabeth".[10]
Varying lengths of the Elle were used throughout Europe, if one reads the Wikki entry, so strikes me, that a length of measurement, that had been in use for centuries, had to be adopted, or changed, depending on where the individual lived, and also the height of the individual and the length of the forearm.
Now this strikes me that a man with a forearm length of 45 inches was a very tall man indeed, a giant maybe.
Edward the 1st (king in Britain circa 1300's) adopted the Ell rod as a unit of measurement, it has been documented, his height was 6ft 2 inches, if true, he could be taller, he was called Edward Longshanks, denoting a tall man for the day and age in which he was born.
the Wikki entry
An ell-wand or ellwand was a rod of length one ell used for official measurement. Edward I of England required that every town have one. In Scotland, the Belt of Orion was called "the King's Ellwand".[6][7]
Very sad, we know so little about our real ancient history.
What I find interesting, is the skeleton seems to be missing, notable parts of the arm and the legs, other than the shape of the skull.And in the book of Enoch, we are told of the last remaining men of Renown before the great flood were 3000 Ells. = 2.13 miles tall.
Reminds me of ancient measurements, the Ell comes to mind an ancient form of measurement, body parts were used, most notable the distance between the forearm and the third finger, also called a cubit in prehistorical times, as we know it, before BC.
If I had been taught of giants when doing religous studies i school I may have listened.
What I find interesting, is the skeleton seems to be missing, notable parts of the arm and the legs, other than the shape of the skull.The missing part of the right arm can be seen in its place, blurish though; parts of skeleton are perhaps still in the ground so it looks like they are missing.
It appears as one bone, the radius and ulna are two separate bones that form the attachment to the small bones of the hands and fingers.
Comment: Wow. There have been so many finds like this in recent years. Assuming this find in Russia isn't an elaborate hoax, the elongated skull likely wasn't a result of artificial deformation. It's just too big a 'deformation'.
For more evidence of some para-human species that once lived among humans, check out: