Fingerprints of the Gods : The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

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Summary: Interesting, best book I have read on Ancient Civilizations
Review: The book, although long presents a good theory on the connection between the beliefs, and stories of the world's different civilizations.Reading this book has given me new ideas on mankind's history. I will surely read Graham Hancock's other books on this subject.

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Summary: Interesting, but.....
Review: Starts off well with a fascinating discussion of maps, but I found things went downhill fast. Eventually I got so bogged down in the somewhat tedious presentation of the admitted wealth of information that I found myself skipping larger and larger chunks just to get to the actual theories. So an interesting thesis, but marred by rather poor writing technique

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Summary: KEY TO CIVILIZATION'S EXISTENCE
Review: I have been interested in many of the subjects in this magnificent book prior to reading it. Though my research has not been as extensive as Hancock's superb thesis, I had come to similar conclusions on some of the subjects and this book substantiated most of my conclusions and added a lot of new facts to the information I had read so far.It all adds up in this book.Further,can one email the author via amazon.com. You are on the right track, Graham Hancock. Review by Mohan V. Thampi at [e-mail]

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Summary: Powerfull and Enlightening study of Pre Historical theory
Review: This book is excellently written, and chronicles Graham Hancock's theories and research on man's prehistory. The precision of the academic documentation and dicussion of all the possibilities for a given mystery set this book apart from popular musings on the subject of prehistory. Given this, Hancock still manages to capture the imagination of the reader and seemlessly splices between his first hand account of the investigations and other sources for his masterly constructed thoeries. Perhapse most impressive about Finger Prints of the Gods is in the conclusions the reader is able to draw. Never does the author force the reader to agree, or continually pound the same ideas into the readers head. Instead the reader is left to his/her own mental faculties to fit the peices togethor

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Summary: I cryed that things I beleaved is true
Review: I am a Japanese teen who happens to come to this page. I want more ppeople to read and think about what this book means to us. It is unbeleavable to read a book like this. Gave me another mystery of the earth . i want tell that people on the earth are family we area all same human being so i hope that the world be safe for our future and our son and so on. Peace to the earth!!

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Summary: Relevant Revelations
Review: When Revelations describes a third of the world's population burning in fire, the world enshrouded in darkness and leads with "woe to those living in coastal areas" one just must read Hancock's book to appreciate how this may all come to pass (again) as the earth "precesses" exposing the overloaded poles to gravitational forces last put upon the earth thousands of years ago when the planets were aligned on the other side of the sun....but don't worry...this doesn't happen again until 1998

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Summary: Best non-fiction book I've read
Review: My interest was first peeked by a recent episode of Millenium (of all things). That led me to a book called "5/5/2000: Ice the ultimate disaster" by a guy named "Noone". That book hinted at some of things Hancock talks about, but in a rather "mad-man" type style. The hancock book, on the other hand is well-thought out, based in science, astronomy, physics, etc... and a very compelling story. I want to believe. Anybody up for an expedition to Antartica with some sonar equipment?

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Summary: Intruiging theory of a lost civilization
Review: Having visited many of the archeogolical sites Hancock uses as examples in his book, I was fascinated to see that he made similar observations. His theory of a lost civilization is fresh and intruiging - forcing one to review and question existing beliefs and teachings. The book is a mix of exciting trips taken by Hancock for field research purposes and his analysis of the varying theories on ancient times. A fabulous book that makes one want to go visit those sites and try to find one's own answers.

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Summary: An intriguing look into controversial mysteries of our time
Review: This book had very compelling evidence leading to the idea that there were extremely advanced ancient civilizations. There was perhaps an ancient "genius" mother race that led to the parallel evolution of many societies. Hancock can be a little farfetched in some of his theories, but for the most part he presents intriguing evidence, that he has interpreted to prove his point. If perhaps he is right, major social and historical implications will result. He has a tendency to somewhat glorify himself throughout the novel, but one cannot help but be impressed as to how diligent he has worked and how creative his mind is. He is certainly a very powerful theorist. He has pooled many ancient and modern sources to arrive at his conclusion. He has used these variety of sources in a very comprehensive, cohesive manner. I would absolutely recommend that anyone read this. It gets technical at parts, delving into some difficult astrophysics, but if one can bear through that (and if one can understand it--even better!) the book is very worthwhile for it makes one stop and reconsider ones own view of civilization and history and ways of thinking. As an double major in anthropology and psychology, I am intrigued by his theory and his thought processes at the same time. I highly recommend this rather exciting book!

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Summary: Makes ancient history exciting!
Review: How does a 16th century map include an outline of Antarctica when it wasn't discovered until the end of the 20th century. Surprisingly, the outline is of the land beneath the ice which wasn't radar-mappped until the 1950s. And so begins a journey from Egypt to South America. Hundreds of references, and a recommended read. More details at http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/fingerprints/