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Actually has some meat & substance to it. Explains and goes into detail of a theory stating crust movement - destruction of a previous civilization.
The idea that an advanced culture existed much longer before mainstream science recognizes is a truly fascinating idea, and Hancock presents this idea in stunning detail.I'd recommend this book to any history/mystery buff. This book is a truly amazing read. Short chapters allow one to easily read a chapter or two a night.The book itself offers an alternative, possibly controversial, history and is much more descriptive in a non-scientific way.
His other books Heaven's Mirror and Underworld expand on this book as well as explore new areas of reseach. This editon is good start but the new edition has an expanded and more current findings. This was the first book I read a few years ago, and is what got me started in what has become a great deal of reseach on the topic on ancient civiliztions and lost technologies. His work is well put together with accuratly stated facts and references.
In my opinion, this is an excellent book. For anyone interested in what is known about our long and somewhat lost history and wants to read about it in one concise text, this is the book. Many references to additional texts are also cited.
But the questions the book ponders is where did they come from, and how come they only left behind nothing more than a few "fingerprints." Was there a major cataclysm that destroyed them, and if so, are we due for another one.It may be over 500 pages, but the book is an easy read, and does a great job of explaining mathematical concepts like precession is easy to understand terms. It was as though some advanced race of beings was responsible for imparting their knowledge to the Incas, Mayans, Egyptians and others, who were merely the benefactors of these gods' legacies. This book is similar to Sitchin's "Earth Chronicle" series condensed into one book. The author shows similarities beyond coincidence in megalithic construction, mythology, knowledge and society structure of known civilizations living in diverse parts of the word.
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