Cardiff Giant
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cardiff-giant-174-1072622
title:
Cardiff Giant
text:
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous archaeological hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), roughly 3,000 pound purported "petrified man", uncovered on October 16, 1869 by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell, in Cardiff, New York. He covered the giant with a tent and it soon became an attraction site. Both it and an unauthorized copy made by P. T. Barnum are still being displayed. P.T. Barnum's is on display at Marvin's Marvelous Mechanic
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1869 American archaeological hoax
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant
date created:
2003-07-30T13:24:09Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T17:40:19Z
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