If There Be Giants by Ellison Blackburn

Author:Ellison Blackburn [Blackburn, Ellison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996230063
Publisher: Goldbrier
Published: 2016-07-03T22:00:00+00:00

Multiplicity

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IT WAS SUMMER again, over a year since the Gwellen henge was first discovered. The second Homo habilis gigantopithecus was dubbed “Adam” by India. While Grey took exception to this name—as he knew the skeleton was a Nephilim, and therefore, not one of God’s creations entirely—he couldn’t voice his opinion to anyone but Mallory. Absurdly, this was the name he’d suggested for Golly, before fully realizing beyond his personal affiliations what the giant was. The third skeleton was named “Tiny” just because now it was near preposterous to consider a mutation having caused gigantism in three individuals and they all buried in the same general locale.

Adam was discovered in quadrant seven and Tiny in number three. Like Goliath in thirteen, each body was over fifteen feet long, wore an identical carving on the left temple, and was situated at the base of a henge stone with a matching etching depicted on it. Yet, these commonalities aside, there were certain expectations of communal burials that were not met.

It was customary for most civilizations to bury their dead with items of value, as either a token of another’s esteem or as tools to guide or protect them in the afterlife. The entire area had been excavated, although the bodies themselves had not yet been extracted. No other artifacts were found in the vicinity. This was perplexing; anthropologists considered adding grave goods a common practice of ancient civilizations. Leaders, especially, were sent off with tributes, and these bodies—buried with such great effort—were definitely special. The dilemma in persisting with the preconception was that there were no human settlements during prehistoric times. One couldn’t impose a later practice onto a much earlier lifestyle just because it was common.

Therefore, Mallory’s theory that henge would also have been burial grounds was, at first, received by the anthropological community with deference. As one case study, it was just an unproven hypothesis; one she’d postulated before without the Gwellen site as proof. And, ironically, she suspected their current site was not an exception. If other henge were dug up, perhaps they would find carcasses there as well. Who was to say how many subterranean henge existed?

The team found the closed-minded perspectives of academia frustrating. There was always ready opposition and once an idea was finally won over, scientists were less likely to be swayed from their mindset. Would their peers have been ready to accept the possibility if they found Golly, Adam, or Tiny clutching at a twenty-four-karat gold scepter? Regardless, very few individuals would voice their support in the opposition of a once foregone conclusion. Mallory and Paisley were lucky to know of such a person and he was a partner at that. Dr. Brandt took it upon himself to pitch the case to BIAI and suddenly Mallory’s papers were published in every respectable scientific journal. Funding practically came flying through the doors.

Not that she was particularly interested in bandying the issue again; Mallory could see from both sides, the situation was difficult. An anthropologist might speculate

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