#2481 - Duncan Trussell
When he wrote that book, they never even found Gobekli Tepe yet. Fingerprints of the Gods came out before that discovery.

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This book is about the beginning of the human race. How perhaps normal history has left things out, or maybe just left things unexplained. **Graham Hancock** explains how certain ancient structures all over the world are much older than originally thought, how civilizations who had no means of travel seemed to have communicated in some way. Hancock tries to answer questions we may have never even thought to ask. Were ancient civilizations visited by a superior race? Were these civilizations taught about technology they wouldn't have had? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is. “A fancy piece of historical sleuthing . . . intriguing and entertaining and sturdy enough to give a long pause for thought.”—*Kirkus Reviews* In ***Fingerprints of the Gods***, Hancock embarks on a worldwide quest to put together all the pieces of the vast and fascinating jigsaw of mankind’s hidden past. In ancient monuments as far apart as Egypt’s Great Sphinx, the strange Andean ruins of Tihuanaco, and Mexico’s awe-inspiring Temples of the Sun and Moon, he reveals not only the clear fingerprints of an as-yet-unidentified civilization of remote antiquity, but also startling evidence of its vast sophistication, technological advancement, and evolved scientific knowledge. A record-breaking number one bestseller in Britain, Fingerprints of the Gods contains the makings of an intellectual revolution, a dramatic and irreversible change in the way that we understand our past—and so our future. And Fingerprints of God tells us something more. As we recover the truth about prehistory, and discover the real meaning of ancient myths and monuments, it becomes apparent that a warning has been han…
When he wrote that book, they never even found Gobekli Tepe yet. Fingerprints of the Gods came out before that discovery.
Hancock, a British author and journalist, is perhaps best known for his theory of a lost civilization, which he presents in his book Fingerprints of the Gods.
Graham Hancock is a figure in pseudo-archaeology who writes about ancient civilizations and has been discussed throughout the podcast in relation to debates about ancient Egypt and archaeological theories.
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
I was so heavily influenced by Graham Hancock. That's as far as actually reading, I see fingerprints is probably like the first book I read. Where I remember, I had this big old book in front of me and my mom would be like, what are you reading now?
Graham Hancock points out in Fingerprints of Gods that Moses' face shone when he came down from Mount Sinai the second time, suggesting he may have found something radioactive.
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
For me it might have been Graham Hancock in the 90s was the gateway. To that kind of stuff the the the pre flood society the. Fingerprints of the Gods.
Hancock, in his book Fingerprints of the Gods, suggested a connection between the Sphinx and the lost civilization of Atlantis, a theory that, while dismissed by mainstream scholars, has found a following among proponents of alternative history.
The work of Graham Hancock further stoked this fascination. In his book Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock proposed that a mother culture, possibly Atlantis, had ceded advanced knowledge in ancient civilizations around the world.
Of course, Graham Hancock, one of my favorites. He writes a book called Fingerprints of the Gods and of course Magicians of the Gods. He argues that the flood myths are real memories of a real technologically advanced civilization that existed before the Ice Age.
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
I read Graham Hancock's book Fingerprints of the Gods in the 1990s and I was hooked.
I was curious because I had read Fingerprints of the Gods and I'd seen him talk, I'd seen speeches and I'm like, I want to know, like, what do you know, what do you think's going on?
American Alchemy with Jesse Michels
I'd loved Fingerprints of the Gods and I wanted to, you know, I wanted to talk to the guy who made that book that like really made me reconsider what had happened with the, the human race