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EPISODE · Feb 20, 2026 · 16 MIN

The Giants of Easter Island

from Matter of Fact: A play on "matter" (physics) and "facts" (news). · host Larry White

Across diverse global cultures, from the "Long Ear" giants of Easter Island to the massive skeletal remains reported in the Andes and the Mediterranean, alternative historical narratives suggest that advanced giant civilizations once constructed the world's most inexplicable megalithic structures. Recent interpretations of ancient texts, including AI-deciphered Sumerian clay tablets, propose that these beings may have been genetically engineered laborers or "Anunnaki" deities who possessed lost technologies capable of precise astronomical alignments and moving multi-ton stones. Although historical chronicles describe their immense strength and eventual destruction through cataclysms or warfare, the physical evidence of their existence—such as the polygonal walls of Sacsayhuaman or the "Giant's Tombs" of Sardinia—remains a subject of intense debate between mainstream archaeology and those who believe a chapter of human history has been erased.

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