A Book by
Graham Hancock which explores the possibility of an advanced
civilization predating all known civilization of the past. More specifically, he claims that this
civilization existed before 4000 B.C., and not only does he claim that there was some form of a civilization, but they were also technologically advanced.
Advanced enough to have
detailed
maps of the world, and
traverse through the
seas from
pole to pole.
The
book is about 500 pages long, and is filled with very intriguing
information. The author cites particular things, like the
Piri Reis map of the world, which was drawn out in A.D. 1513. This map, has
detailed drawing of places like
Antarctica, and some other yet-to-be-discovered places in the world.
Piri Reis openly stated (with writings on his
map) that he used
many maps to make this, and he was merely a
compiler of them. He used maps by
Christopher Columbus, as well as maps dating back as far as fourth century B.C. The thing that is
troubling about this is the fact that the drawings that
accurately depict
Antarctica were all from
ancient maps, and it was not completely accurate if compared to a current maps representation of Antarctica. The map is startlingly close to matching the
land mass of Antarctica as we know it today,
The land mass. The map is drawn as if the ice wasn’t even there. We know this know from seismic graphs and ice
penetrating radar which can give us exact
dimensions of the land mass under the ice. Even down to rivers and mountains, were drawn accurately. If this is true, then
Antarctica had to be
mapped
before the
ice sheet crept its way and covered the continent, sometime before 4000 B.C. There are several other maps cited for having information that they shouldn’t have, and almost all of them
cite ancient maps, with unknown origins. The wealth of these maps seemed to have originated in
Alexandria (by the Nile, not Virginia), being spread out to other places of learning, such as
Constantinople. The maps were copied and compiled in these centers. They were “leaked” to the rest of the world when
Venetians seized
Constantinople in 1204 during
the fourth crusade.
This is just a taste of the many
things that make you go hmm, as a matter of fact, this is all from the first
chapter. The book is
insightful and supports all its claims
dutifully. I strongly suggest reading it if you have the time, I am nearly halfway through and can
attest that it is an amazing, insightful book. Some of the other topics of interest include The
pyramids, in that they may be older than we think (the
sphinx is especially scrutinized for this) and their extreme
precision. (The great pyramids sides are aligned to their proper directions with deviations of less than 0.015 percent, and all corners are less than 1% off a perfect 90 degree angle.).Graham explains that
tools to do such a job would have
evolved after thousands of years of
development, but no such
research or learning
period is seen. While he has many ideas, Graham does not fully explain the lost civilization, only shows the “
Fingerprints” they left behind, and it seems they left them everywhere in plain sight. The
author obviously has his own ideas about what happened to the
civilization, but keeps an
objective viewpoint throughout the book, and leaves you to make your own
decision.
Definitely not for the
closed minded, it Challenges many of the common ideas about the
history of the world.
And here is a
complete Chapter list:
Part I - Introduction: The mystery of the
Maps
-A map to
hidden places
-
Rivers in the southern
continent
-
Fingerprints of a lost
science
Part II - Foam of the Sea:
Peru and
Bolivia
-Flight of the
condor
-The
Inca Trail to the past
-
He came in a time of
chaos
-Were There
Giants Then?
-The lake at the Roof of the World
-
Once and future king
-The
City at the Gate of the
Sun
-Intimations of Antiquity
-The end of the Ciracochas
Part IIIPlumed Serpent: central America
-
Blood and
Time at the end of the world.
-
People of the
serpent
-Mexican Babel
-Serpent
Sanctuary
-The
Olmec Enigma
-
Conspicuous Strangers
-Adventures in the
Underworld, Journeys to the
stars
-
Children of the First Men
-A
Computer for
Calculating the end of the world.
-City of the
gods.
-
The Sun the Moon and the way of the
dead.
Part IV - The mystery of the
Myths: 1. A species with
Amnesia.
-Echoes of Our
Dreams
-The Many masks of the
Apocalypse
-A
species born in earth’s long winter
-The face of the
earth was darkened and a
black rain began to fall
Part V - The mystery of the Myths: 2.
Precessional Code
-The Machinery of Heaven
-The First
Crack in the Ancient
Code
-The Cosmic
Tree and the
Mill of the Gods.
-The
Osiris Numbers
-Speaking to the unborn
Part VI - The
Giza invitation: Egypt 1
-Cardinal Points
-Mansion of
Eternity
-
Tombs and
Tombs only?
-
Anomalies
-
Made by Some
God
-Interactive
three-dimensional game
-Place of the
Beginning
Part VII - Lord of
Eternity: Egypt 2
-Are there any secrets left in
Egypt?
-City of the sun,
Chamber of the
Jackal
-
Anachronisms and
Enigmas
-Looking for the first time
-Gods of
the First Time
-The work of men and gods
-The eleventh
Millennium BC
-
Sphinx
-
Earth Measurers
-The power of the
Thing
Part VIII -
Conclusion: Where is the
Body?
-Not a
Needle in a haystack
-The hammer and the
pendulum
-Like a
thief in the night.