Cardiff Giant
1869 American archaeological hoax
Cardiff Giant
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 pounds (1,400 kg) 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 a tourist attraction. Both it and an unauthorized copy made by P. T. Barnum are still being displayed.
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