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Showing posts with label Monsters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monsters. Show all posts
Friday, December 12, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Monsters The Origins - Cyclops
The cyclops is a one eyed monster introduced to the masses by Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey.
Interestingly “cyclops” means “wheel-eyed” rather than “one-eyed” but this post is not a language lesson. So, where on earth can one find a cyclops in a museum?
Look no further than the Natural History Museum in London.
Being all about the Science, the NHM actually tells you a bit about the possible origins of the cyclops story.
It turns out that the race of one-eyed giants were really mastodons – a kind of early elephant. Don’t believe me? Then look at this skull!
The big ‘eye hole’ is where the trunk was and, in case you were wondering, this skull was found in Greece.
Source
Cyclops at the Natural History Museum
Interestingly “cyclops” means “wheel-eyed” rather than “one-eyed” but this post is not a language lesson. So, where on earth can one find a cyclops in a museum?
Look no further than the Natural History Museum in London.
Being all about the Science, the NHM actually tells you a bit about the possible origins of the cyclops story.
It turns out that the race of one-eyed giants were really mastodons – a kind of early elephant. Don’t believe me? Then look at this skull!
Mastodon skull
The big ‘eye hole’ is where the trunk was and, in case you were wondering, this skull was found in Greece.
Source
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