The Past Macabre · The Archaeology Podcast Network
Ancient Fossil Finds and Mythical Creatures Part 2: The Bones of Heroes and Monsters - Ep 29
·44 min·4 clips
Workers building an airport unearthed over 600 mammoth skeletons, the largest concentration ever found.
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A careful look at fossils, folklore, and the human urge to make sense of strange bones.
Stephanie Rice spends this installment tracing how fossils and folklore press against each other, using bones, tracks, art, and oral tradition to explain how strange remains became stories about horned beings, water-serpents, and related figures.
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Press play for rain-revealed tracks, horned spirits, and fossils that connect myths to the ground beneath them.
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