So how has Hancock carved out his particular niche in this genre? While he does often flirt with woo-woo (he entertains the idea of the Pyramid stones being lifted by telepathy, for example), Hancock isn't one of those Ancient Aliens buffoons who go looking for helicopters and light bulbs in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Not only do they hope to convince their readers through a doorstop of a volume filled with dubious facts and poor analysis, but they have that belief that humans of the most remote ancient times were far more advanced than we give them credit for-which, interestingly, is in opposition to the Ancient Aliens folks, who believe that ancient humans were far too simple to create anything on their own. Having meandered through a decent portion of 'Isis Unveiled' a year or two ago, I found some commonalities between Hancock and the old Theosophists like Madame Blavatsky. While Erich Von Daniken (the OG Ancient Aliens guy) is immediately and overtly goofy, Hancock is relatively more subtle. Now for what started out as a stream-of-consciousness criticism of Graham Hancock. Included are the BBC transcripts to the 'Horizon' TV documentary. His new evidence suggests not only the 'fingerprints' of an unknown civilization that flourished during the last ice age but also horrifying conclusions about the type and extent of planetary catastrophe required to obliterate almost all traces of it.

He exposes the eerie network of connections between: the Great Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt the Andean temples of Tianhuanaco the Mexican pyramids of the Sun and Moon the lost continent that lies beneath Antarctica ancient knowledge of spherical geometry and astro-navigation the myths and legends of humanity that have remained strangely consistent across geographical and social divides and new theories concerning the causes of the ice ages.

In this new large-format edition, Hancock responds to critics and brings readers up to date with developments in the debate. The author has a highly controversial view of history and his theory of a mysterious, lost civilization that brought knowledge to other people around the world, has attracted a wide audience.

Hancock fingerprints of the gods