Dem Bones, Again

Today I watched a very interesting show called Ancient Monster Hunters
in the History's Mysteries series on The History Channel.

A folklorist was examining the theory that the giants and Titans of
Greek mythology were stories made up in an attempt to explain the
gigantic bones that often are uncovered by earthquakes and erosion in
the Greek Isles.

An oracle predicted that the bones of the Greek hero Orestes would be
discovered and taken to Sparta, making it the most powerful
city-state. Eventually a well-digger came upon a huge skeleton, 14
feet tall, laid out in an ancient tomb.

The show concluded that the huge bones being found were those of
fossilized mammoths and mastodons, and that in this case the skeleton
had been discovered centuries earlier, reassembled as if it belonged
to a man, and given the burial proper for a hero.

I theorize that much the same thing occurred with the famous bones of
the White Tower. The southeast corner of the White Tower aligns
almost exactly with the same corner of the Roman fortress on the site,
which in turn was probably built upon pre-Roman foundations. I think
that William the Conqueror's masons, digging out a foundation for the
big tower, came upon the skeletons of two individuals who had been a
Roman or pre-Roman wall sacrifice, gathered them up and put them in a
wooden box, perhaps wrapped in a piece of fabric, and respectfully
reburied them where they were found.

Katy