The El Djem Museum in Tunisia houses a mosaic from the "Casa d'Africa" (3rd century). It shows a man next to an elephant. But the proportions are completely off: the human is gigantic compared to the animal!
Is it just a baby elephant? No, the animal has large tusks, so it's a fully grown adult. This isn't an isolated case, either. Think of the famous fresco from Sudan: there, a giant is carrying an adult elephant on his shoulders.
Were our ancient ancestors actually giants? Historians often dismiss this as mere "artistic exaggeration" and downplay these inconvenient discoveries. But why do giant humans appear in so many different cultures?
The truth has nothing to do with the artists having a bad sense of scale. The real reason why this man looks so huge is actually much more logical...
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