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mangalore-x_x t1_jbzyzqh wrote

There is a sadly not much mentioned/elaboration that Greek mythology directly refers to Ancient Greek fossil finds, e.g. mammoth thigh bones => cyclops/giants, dinosaur bones => hydra/gryphon. Aka that they had such things in temples as tourist attractions and used it as validation that their mythological age was real.

I found that quite fascinating proposition by a historian in a documentary years ago.

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