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	In 1947 a retired Ohio doctor allegedly discovered relics of an ancient civilization, whose men averaged 8 to 9 feet tall in the Colorado desert near the Arizona-Nevada-California line. Howard E. Hill. of Los Angeles disclosed that several well-preserved mummies were taken from caverns in an area roughly 180 miles square, extending through much of southern Nevada Hill said the discoverer is Dr. F. Bruce Russell, retired Cincinnati physician, who stumbled on the first of several tunnels in 1931. Not until recently, however, did Dr. Russell go into the situation thoroughly, Hill told the luncheon. With Dr. Daniel S. Bovee, of Los Angeles .Dr. Russell has found mummified remains together with implements of the civilization, which Dr. Bovee had tentatively placed at about 80,000 years old. "These giants are clothed in garments consisting of a medium length jacket and trouser extending slightly below the knees." said Hill. "The texture of the material is said to resemble gray dyed sheepskin, but obviously it was taken from an animal unknown today."
In another cavern was found the ritual hall , with devices and markings similar to those now used by the Masons. So far, Hill added, no women have been found. He said the explorers believe that they found the burial place of the tribe's hierarchy. Hieroglyphics,...are chiseled, he added, on carefully-polished granite. He said Dr. Viola V. Pettit, of London, who made excavations around Petra, on the Arabian desert, soon will begin an inspection of the remains.    [Originally reported in 1947 by the San Diego Union  recounted in Atlantis Rising January / February 2002] The Crittenden sarcophagus In 1891, workmen in Crittenden, Arizona excavating for a commercial building found a large stone sarcophagus that had probably once held the body of a 12 feet tall human . The mummy case was over 12 feet tall..  They immediately called in archaeological experts . The sarcophagus contained a granite mummy case. Carvings on the mummy case depicted a six toed giant Unfortunately the body had been buried so many thousands of years that it had long since turned to dust.. .  Roy Norvill, Giants: The vanished race of mighty men      Lompock Rancho, California. The bones of a twelve foot tall man were dug up in 1933 by a group of soldiers at Lompock Rancho, California. The skeleton was surrounded by giant weapons and and artifacts covered with undeciphered symbols. The skull featured a double row of teeth. Catalina Island Giants  In the late 1800s , giant skeletons with double rows of teeth, red hair, and skulls 3 to 6 times the size of normal humans were discovered on Catalina Island in California.