THE remains of a medieval giantess more than seven feet tall have been found in a mysterious 12th century grave.
The skeleton has one of the biggest human skulls ever found and is seven foot two inches tall.
Remains of medieval giantess discovered in 12th century grave has one of biggest human skulls ever foundCredit: M. Jozwikowska
The grave was discovered by archaeologists lose to a church on an island called Ostrów Lednicki in Poland.
The skeleton is estimated to date from between the 12th-14th century.
Experts say the giantess would have lived a short life full of traumatic injuries and disease, Mirror Online reports.
She would have suffered from acromegaly – a rare condition involving overproduction of a growth hormone that makes the bones of the head particularly large.
It was first discovered in 1977 – but details have just been released in book called ‘New Developments in the Bioarchaeology of Care’.
In it author Magda Matczak writes “We know that it is hazardous to speculate about the emotional state of a past individual when we have only her bones to guide us.
“However, based on modern clinical findings we feel justified in suggesting that the woman with gigantism may have felt any one, or more, of the following at different times, or even concurrently: irritability, anxiety, emotional liability, uncertainty, confusion, sadness, and anger.”
At more than seven feet tall the skeleton of the woman buried close to a church on an island called Ostrów Lednicki in Poland is enormousCredit: J. Gorecki
In October we reported on a young mum living in Romania who has a huge tumour growing from her left eye.
She said it has forced her to live the life of a recluse due to the taunts she faced from people in her village, and says surgery to remove the tumour would transform her life.