According to a news report by a Russian newspaper Prauda on Dec. 1, 2005, a group of Russian scientists lead by Ernst Muldashev has been investigating the existence of giants in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt since the beginning of 2005 and made major discoveries. Russian researchers have reportedly discovered the footprints of giants in Syria and even graves of gigantic people. Ernst Muldashev gave several examples of giants' graves that the team has found. One is the grave of Abel, located in the vicinity of Damascus, the capital of Syria. The grave was about 6 meters long and 1.8 meters wide. There are many giant's graves in other places of Syria, and one of which was alleged to be the grave of a 7.5-meter man. Due to objections from local residents based on religious considerations, the investigation was very difficult. However, as treasure diggers have vandalized many ancient graves, the researchers have obtained opportunities to see some of the graves. The Russian scientists' discovery is not isolated. In both eastern and western cultures, besides legends, there are also many historical records about giants in every nation. Archaeological discovery in recent years have also supported that. As recorded by Book of Han, someone recommended to Wang Mang, a rebel general, a man three meters tall named Ju Wuba. The Book of Later Han recorded that Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty had commanded his army to fight Wang Mang's army led by Ju Wuba and won. In addition, in ancient books such as Records of the Taiping Era and Mengxi Essays, there are also records about giants. According to June 2, 2005 report of Thai Travel Guide, the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean sent an ancient giant to the surface of water. A 3.1-meter giant's body was found in Thailand PP Island. Evidence from multiple archaeological discoveries in America in recent years has shown that giants 3 to 5 meters tall did exist in history. What's interesting is, besides giants, archaeologists have also discovered that many giant animals existed in the past. BBC.com reported on Dec. 1, 2005, that researchers discovered a giant water scorpion, about 1.6 meters long and 1 meter wide. The investigation shows that it lived more than 330 million years ago. The earth has had many kinds of civilizations in history, which await humanity's further explorations.