Epic Heroes and Historical Giants

Then there’s Gilgamesh, half god, half trouble, striding the earth like it owed him an explanation. Muscles made of myth, eyes full of storm. He wrestled beasts, defied gods, and chased immortality across deserts and dreams. Humans have shared giant stories for thousands of years — from Greek cyclopes to biblical Goliath. Were any real?

Even modern giants exist. Robert Wadlow, nearly 9 feet tall, remains the tallest documented human (Guinness World Records). Giants walk our stories like old rumors — Jack’s beanstalk climbers, the BFG’s gentle stomp — blurring myth and memory.

Sometimes history is stranger than myth, especially when the ceiling barely fits the subject. Share on X

Prehistoric Titans and Human Imagination

Some whispers suggest giant skulls and bones exist, buried or hidden, sparking stories of Nephilim and Anunnaki (Smithsonian Magazine). True or not, these tales reveal a fascination with scale, awe, and the impossible. Maybe the giants never left; maybe we just got smaller.

Egyptian pyramids get the headlines, but giants had their own swagger — painted, sculpted, river-fed, gold-rich. Art has always been man’s favorite form of immortality, proof that someone once lived on a scale beyond ordinary life.

If giants ever return, they’ll probably just sigh at humans measuring themselves in inches instead of ambition. Share on X

Meanwhile, somewhere, a titan probably rolls its eyes at humans claiming they’re the apex species.