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The accompanying caption of the image read,<em> &#8220;\u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u091c\u094d\u091e \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092d\u0940\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0902\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0932\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0908 80 \u092b\u093f\u091f \u0939\u0948 (During an excavation in Kurukshetra, foreign defence expert found the skeleton of Bheem&#8217;s son Ghatotkach, the height of which is 80 ft &#8211; translated)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928<\/p>\n<p>\u0935\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u091c\u094d\u091e \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e<\/p>\n<p>\u092d\u0940\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0902\u0915\u093e\u0932<\/p>\n<p>\u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0932\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0908 80 \u092b\u093f\u091f \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIhb93PBAx\">pic.twitter.com\/pIhb93PBAx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\ude4f Soft Riya kumari Komal\ud83d\ude4f #MSRM \ud83d\udc2f\ud83d\udc2f\ud83d\udc2f (@riyariyarikm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/riyariyarikm\/status\/1149738720649596929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShuklaAbhijat\/status\/1149739232530796544?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter user<\/a> quote-tweeted the post asking Alt News to check the veracity of the claim.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AltNews<\/a> is it true? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkiCPBGem9\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkiCPBGem9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABHIJAT SHUKLA (@ShuklaAbhijat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShuklaAbhijat\/status\/1149739232530796544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The claim has been circulated on Facebook as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saurabh.tripathi.7906932\/posts\/1282044751962221\" data-width=\"350\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/saurabh.tripathi.7906932\/posts\/1282044751962221\"><p>\u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u093e\u0938 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0930\u0924\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u092f \u0935\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0930\u093e\u0924\u0924\u094d\u0935\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094b \u0915\u094b 80 \u092b\u0941\u091f \u0932\u0902\u092c\u093e \u092e\u093e\u0928\u0935 \u0915\u0902\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0947 \u092d\u0940\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093e \u0926\u093e\u0935\u093e \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/saurabh.tripathi.7906932\">Saurabh Tripathi<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/saurabh.tripathi.7906932\/posts\/1282044751962221\">Thursday, 20 June 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has been floating on social media since at least 2015.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0902\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u091b\u093f\u092a\u093e\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948 ??<br \/>\n\u092e\u0939\u093e\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940\u092e \u0914\u0930 \u0939\u093f\u0921\u093f\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u0928 \u0939\u0948 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ZU7zOAH7K1\">pic.twitter.com\/ZU7zOAH7K1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0930\u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0941\u0930 (@rkt4Youth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rkt4Youth\/status\/586581417204682754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>An Italian artwork<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News did a Google reverse image search of the photo and found multiple instances wherein this picture was used to make varied claims. The two most prominent ones being &#8211; &#8220;skeleton of Ghatotkach&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gogglenaija.com\/2018\/02\/amazing-see-photos-of-goliaths-gigantic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skeleton of Goliath<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41188 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1042\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-1FvkZQZwIbVejmU4-990x594.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skeleton in the picture is a 28-metre long sculpture, <a href=\"https:\/\/theinspirationgrid.com\/calamita-cosmica-giant-skeleton-sculpture-by-gino-de-dominicis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calamita Cosmica<\/a>, made by an Italian artist Gino de Dominicis. A website called<a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/gino-de-dominicis-calamita-cosmica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em> My Modern Met<\/em><\/a> wrote an article, <a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/gino-de-dominicis-calamita-cosmica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Giant Travelling Skeleton<\/a>, on the sculpture in 2012. According to the travelling website <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/giant-skeleton-sculpture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlas Obscura<\/a>, &#8220;Created by Gino De Dominicis, this giant skeleton sculpture was displayed in Milan\u2019s Palazzo Reale in 2007. Named \u201cCalamita Cosmica,\u201d or \u201cCosmic Magnet,\u201d the sculpture is 28 meters long and weighs about eight tons, or 16,000 pounds. The artist completed this work shortly before his death.&#8221; <\/em>Dominicis died in 1998.<\/p>\n<p><em>Atlas Obscura\u00a0<\/em>updated its article in 2018 to inform that the sculpture has been relocated to &#8220;<em>Chiesa della Santissima Trinit\u00e0 in Annunziata in Foligno, in the Umbria region&#8221;.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>American fact-checking website\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/is-this-goliath-skeleton-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snopes<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had earlier fact-checked the image when it was circulated in 2018 as the skeleton of the biblical giant Goliath. According to\u00a0<em>Snopes,\u00a0<\/em>the image of the sculpture was shot by a Flikr user Mauro in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41261 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638.png 930w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-414x276.png 414w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-470x313.png 470w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-640x426.png 640w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-130x86.png 130w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/07\/download-2019-07-15T185947.638-187x124.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The skeleton&#8217;s long, pointy nose is a feature that can be seen in much of De Dominicis\u2019 work, according to <em>Atlas Obscura.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ro\">\u201cCalamita Cosmica\u201d is a giant skeleton sculpture by late Italian artist Gino De Dominicis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TdiJBsrDXy\">pic.twitter.com\/TdiJBsrDXy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 41 Strange (@41Strange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/41Strange\/status\/993549413497749506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To find the truth behind the other pictures circulated along with Calamita Cosmica, Alt News performed multiple Google reverse image searches and found that they were all digital artwork posted on a website called <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.designcrowd.com\/article\/880\/giant-skeletons-real-or-fake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Design Crowd<\/em><\/a> and credited to different artists.<\/p>\n<p>The photo of the gigantic skeleton circulating on social media, claiming that it is Ghatotkach&#8217;s skeleton found during an excavation in Kurukshetra, is actually the sculpture Calamita Cosmica made by Italian artist Gino de Dominicis in 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photograph of a giant skeleton was shared on social media with the claim that the skeleton of Ghatotkach, the son of Bheem in Mahabharata, was excavated in Kurukshetra. The accompanying caption of the image read, &#8220;\u0915\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0916\u0941\u0926\u093e\u0908 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u0935\u093f\u0926\u0947\u0936\u0940 \u0930\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0937\u091c\u094d\u091e \u0915\u094b \u092e\u093f\u0932\u093e \u092d\u0940\u092e \u092a\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0930 \u0918\u091f\u094b\u0924\u094d\u0915\u091a \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0902\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0940 \u0932\u092e\u094d\u092c\u093e\u0908 80 \u092b\u093f\u091f [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":41161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[666],"class_list":["post-41104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skeleton of Ghatotkach? 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