- Paperback: 784 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1400049512
- ISBN-13: 978-1400049516
- Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 4.6 x 23.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,017,854 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discovering evidence of submerged ancient cities,
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This review is from: Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization (Paperback)
Graham Hancock continues his pursuit of uncovering lost civilizations, this time under the sea. He takes us on a journey through the Mediterranean, the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal and the Pacific Ocean around Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan by looking at underwater structures that might be of human origin.I'm pleased to note that the government of India has recently authenticated two of his discoveries off the coast of India. In both cases, these structures are dated between 9000 and 11 000 years before the current era, which supports the hypothesis of a great flood that submerged vast areas of up-to-then habitable land. What I really like about Hancock as author is that he also provides the orthodox view at the same time as his own theories. I cannot but agree with his statement, "There's something wrong with the underpinning of history." Hancock has indicated the most likely places for pre-flood civilizations with the help of Dr. Glen Milne of Durham University who is an expert on glaciation-induced changes in the sea level, and taking into account the plethora of flood-myths found amongst all cultures on all continents. Underworld is lavishly illustrated and well served by a thorough index and extensive bibliography. This interesting if overly detailed text will amply reward the reader who enjoyed Hancock's earlier titles like Keepers of Genesis and Fingerprints of the Gods.
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Underworld,
This review is from: Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization (Paperback)
Very interesting subject matter for those people who want to know more about the beginnings of civilization. Hancock does a good job of research on his subject, but in his usual style, he spends too much time repeating the same thing in different ways. Obviously, a manmade structure sitting 23 metres under the ocean has been there for a very long time, no need to labour the point.'Fingerprints of the Gods' was better reading because it moved to different subjects and places. The book arrived in only 3 days which surprised me, and in excellent condition for a used book. Overall I am very happy with my purchase.
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An Introduction to Antediluvian Archaeology,
By Gaios Gignomai "Director of the Vancouver Oce... (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization (Paperback)
At the last glacial maximum (c. 25,000 years ago) the oceans were 120m lower. Science has discovered at least three major surges of ocean levels between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago. Archeologists haven't found much older than 7,000 years ago because they're digging in the wrong place! :) There is evidence, but in my opinion mainstream science is currently stuck in a "flood-avoidance" rut, and are too hesitant to look at the possibility that civilization had been achieved drastically earlier than is currently kosher, but that it was lost due to a sudden 20m rise in ocean levels due to continental glacial cataclysms in North America, Eastern Europe, and the Himilayas where buildups of melt were held back behind glacial dams resulting in a disasterous flood of all coastal cities which required civilization to start over--more than once. The evidence is in divable waters all over the world, but academics haven't quite adapted to the possibilities for various reasons. This is Hancock at his most scientific and cautious, and if nothing else this is a facinating Indiana Jones case-study of Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Considering that SCUBA gear is a very recent invention, I think Hancock is the herald of a new age of antediluvian archeology.
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