Customer Reviews
thank you graham hancock - By: SwordSwingin, 16 Dec 2007 
you do the general public a great service by questioning the mainstream of historians views on civilisations & well history on a whole, i found this book fantastic enlightening scary questionable but most importantly solid his works are well studied & seen first hand. & it will make you re think the history of human civilisation. i for one admire people like graham hancock who arnt afraid to push the bounderies of the incredible acheivments our ancient ancestors discoverd & built where as the mainstream comunity describe them as un civilised barbarians. i recomend this book to every human beign on the planet.
Great entertainment - By: Ray Blake, 29 Jul 2007 
Whether you subscribe to Hancock's theories or not, there is no denying that this is an excellent read, thoroughly well-researched & writtenin an engaging & involving way.
Personally, I felt that the book should have sought to ask some of its questions without then feeling the need to speculate wildly to answer them. Nevertheless, it is a fascinating read & this new edition is worth the money even if you have the original.
General Comment - By: Mr. D. Reeves, 05 Dec 2006 The Antikythera Mechanism to reveiwed on C4 12th DECEMBER
has only now been decipheredin its working. This is a mechanism which is over 2000 years old, Hancock will be over the moon about something that according to some little grey cells could never exist.....
Good Hokum - By: Mr. A. PRYCE, 24 Jul 2006 
Firstly the author is a journalist by trade & not an academic historian. Many of the suppositions are based on dubious or discredited sources & are made to fit the author's theories.
The book starts with ancient maps apparently accurately showing Antarctica which wasn't supposed to have been discovered till 1818. This includes the famous Turkish Piri Reis map of 1513 whose author claims it was based on reconstructions of ancient maps, omitting the copying errors (although there is no evidence of these supposed copying errors). The Piri Reis map itself is grossly inaccurate & its sources may only date to the 14th or 15th century & not Hancock's mythical date of 10,500BC. The coastline is vaguely accurate but the interior was probably imaginary as was often the casein this era.
Hancock claims a carvingin the ancient Bolivian city of Tiwanaku shows an elephant that died out 12,000 years ago, but as Prof. James Bailey points out it is more likely a more recent carving of a parrot. Hancock claims an elephant is more likely due to the supposed date of Tiwanaku being 17,000 years ago, based on the 1940s surveys of Prof. Arthur Posnansky although this antiquity is unproven.
This book is full of `maybes' & `could have beens' but lackingin `proofs'. It makes a good story, but conventional history it isn't.
Your Journey Begins Here - By: M. Mckee, 22 Jun 2006 What can I say, this book is fantastic!
The first few chapters were hard going but once Hancock has given you the facts you need he leads you all over the world on one hell of a journey.
If you read this book before any other on this subject matter you will be perfectly set up to have your eyes forced open at the possibility that what has gone before isn't quite what you thought.
The past is history...
