© ArcheologyNewsThousands of severed large hands found in palace in Egypt.
While excavating a 3,600-year-old palace in the once-great city of Avaris, Egypt, a team of archaeologists unearthed four pits. What's in the pits? It's hands. There are no bodies - just a bunch of dismembered hands.
Most of the hands are quite large and some of them are very large, further signifying that they were all taken from adult males, and possibly that ancient Egypt was full of giants.
These 4 ancient hand recycling bins were found in the palace of King Khayan of the Hyksos, a West Asian people who once ruled over part of Northern Egypt - 2 in an outer portion of the palace and 2 just outside the throne room, indicating some
ceremonial importance.
So, like, what the hell?
Actually, these large to very large hands are the very first physical evidence archaeologists have found of a practice that's widely represented in ancient Egyptian art.
© ArcheologyNewsHands of giants found buried in pits in ancient Egyptian palace.
Soldiers would lop off the right hands of their enemies and present them to their leaders, who would ceremoniously toss the hands into a pit and then unceremoniously toss
each soldier a wealth of gold in exchange.
© ArcheologyNewsThe mystery of severed large hands in ancient Egypt.
By taking the right hand, you were symbolically stealing the source of your enemy's power and literally stealing 50 percent of his ability to flip you off.
© ArcheologyNewsThis image was created about 400 years after the Avaris hands were deposited. It shows the chopped-off hands of enemy soldiers being prepared for Ramses III, a pharaoh of Egypt, after a successful campaign.
So were those soldiers large to very large men, some sorts of GIANTS? That's interesting and appropriately brutal and all.
Comment: Numerous cultures throughout history have described giants in their myths and legends. There is also abundant archeological evidence of the existence of giants, although many of these discoveries are concealed from the public. See: