Hortensia de los Santos
Author, Researcher, Theorist

Myths about Giants and the Megalithic Construction Problem

Examples of Megalithic Sites That Defy Explanation

A. Puma Punku (Bolivia)

• Features precision-cut andesite blocks weighing up to 130 tons.
• Blocks are interlocked in complex ways, requiring a high degree of skill and strength.
• No evidence of tool marks or quarrying techniques that match known pre-Columbian civilizations.
• Some blocks appear to have been lifted and rotated, which would require a level of strength far beyond ordinary humans.

Giant Hypothesis:

If a population of very large or powerful hominins existed, they could have physically lifted and transportedthese massive stones without advanced machinery.

B. Machu Picchu (Peru)

• Located on a steep mountain ridge, making the transportation of multi-ton stones even more challenging.
• The polygonal masonry technique ensures the stones fit perfectly without mortar.
• Inca oral traditions say that the site existed long before their civilization and was built by "gods" or an earlier race.

Giant Hypothesis:

If earlier civilizations were composed of larger-than-average humans, they could have more easily moved and shaped these stones. Legends of the Viracocha gods describe them as tall, powerful beings, possibly misinterpreted memories of a lost race of large builders.

C. Baalbek (Lebanon)

• The "Stone of the Pregnant Woman" weighs 1,200 tons, far beyond even modern cranes’ lifting capacity.
• The site’s trilithon stones (three massive blocks) each weigh around 800 tons and are perfectly positioned.
• Local legends attribute the construction to giants or the Nephilim.

Giant Hypothesis:

Were these stones placed by physically stronger, larger humans with capabilities beyond ours? Biblical and Mesopotamian texts reference giant builders, possibly linking to Baalbek’s megalithic structures.

Myths and Oral Traditions That Support the Giant Hypothesis

Many ancient cultures claim that giants or gods built these structures:

• Inca and Andean myths speak of Viracocha and the Huaris, powerful beings who shaped the land.
• Mayan and Aztec myths refer to Quinametzin, a race of giants who built the great cities before a catastrophe wiped them out.
• Biblical stories (Nephilim) and Book of Enoch suggest that giants built pre-flood civilizations.
• Greek myths (Cyclopes) and Norse myths (Jotunn) mention massive beings constructing great halls and fortresses.

If these are cultural memories of an actual race of large humans, could they have been the true builders?

Biological and Anthropological Feasibility of a Large Human Race

If giants or large hominins existed, what kind of species could they have been?

• 1. Gigantic Homo erectus / Denisovans?
  • o Some Denisovan jawbones suggest they were much larger than modern humans.
  • o Could a lost lineage of giant hominins have been responsible for early megalithic construction?
• 2. Human Populations with Gigantism-Like Traits?
  • o Some ancient groups, such as Homo heidelbergensis, were massively built and may have been over 7 feet tall on average.
  • o If a population evolved to be 8-12 feet tall, they would naturally be much stronger and capable of moving large stones.
• 3. A Lost Civilization of Advanced Builders?
  • o If there was a prehistoric race of larger, stronger humans, their civilization could have been lost due to a flood, war, or environmental disaster.
  • o Could their engineering secrets have been forgotten, leaving only the megaliths behind?

Why Is This Theory Not Considered in Mainstream Archaeology?

• "Impossible" Assumptions: Academia assumes prehistoric humans were primitive.
• Lack of Physical Evidence: No confirmed complete giant skeletons (but some claims exist).
• Suppression of Alternative Theories: Many reports of giant skeletons (e.g., in North America) have allegedly disappeared.

Conclusion: Could Giants Have Built These Sites?

• Many megalithic structures defy conventional explanations.
• Myths and oral traditions support the idea of giant builders.
• Fossil evidence suggests some hominins were larger and stronger than modern humans.
• If a lost race of large humans existed, they could have played a role in constructing these sites.

The question remains: Are we looking at evidence of a forgotten, giant-building civilization that was wiped out? If so, where are their remains? If a cataclism of unimaginable proportions happened now, what would remain of our civilization for future surviving generations?