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Cardiff Giant hoax  

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  • The Cardiff Giant hoax involved a large stone figure, advertised as a petrified giant man. The Giant is of anthropological interest both as a classic example of a hoax and as a source of insight regarding the interaction of popular and scientific conceptions of human prehistory. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Cardiff Giant Hoax]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Q5PK5145-Q

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