Gab es Riesen auf der Erde? Rätselhafte Skelettfunde zwischen Archäologie und Pseudowissenschaft

Were there giants on earth? Enigmatic skeletal finds between archaeology and pseudoscience // Lecture and discussion with Leif Inselmann
Reports about the existence of giants have always enjoyed remarkable popularity: they not only appear in the myths and legends of many peoples, but were also part of natural history until modern times. Finds of giant skeletons were already recorded in antiquity and the Middle Ages, with many reports coming from American newspapers in the 19th century. Even today, borderline science, esotericism and conspiracy theories propagate the former existence of a giant race. But what is behind the reports? Why are they so popular in pseudoscience? Archaeologist Leif Inselmann sets out on the trail of the giant skeletons and sheds light on how the finds came about and which ideologies underlie today's enthusiasm for giants.

Leif Inselmann was born in Kiel in 1998. He studied Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Göttingen. Since 2024, he has been working on his doctorate in Bronze Age archaeology at the Free University of Berlin. On the blog Wunderkammer der Kulturgeschichte, he critically examines controversial theses on history and archaeology. Leif Inselmann is a member of the GWUP.

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