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Summary: Thought Provoking & Eye Opening
Review: Extremely thought provoking and well received. No space-architects or aliens here. The author simply uses logic and the findings of others to attempt to explain some of the world's greatest mysteries. After reading this book, I find myself occasionally viewing current events and things in modern civilization and relating them to the ancients in Graham's book. The author cunningly throws the reader a hint in the first chapter and then delves into a wealth of details, clues, and phenomena that constantly forces one to re-think the original hint throughout the book. The last few chapters tie everything in nicely. The only warning is that the author sometimes gets a bit carried away in romanticizing, reiterating facts, and constantly asking the reader questions to provoke thought as a university professor would lecture a class.
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Summary: Sporadically interesting...
Review: The book has some really neat stuff in it, but it really drones on too long about extraneous subjects in between. Had trouble keeping my attention.
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Summary: Good fun
Review: Hancock views himself as an amateur historian and archaeologist. Although his conclusions are far-fetched, his techniques and his reasoning are not ungrounded. If you have a lot of spare time and are looking for something thought provoking, get this book.
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Summary: Very Thought-Provoking
Review: This book is laid-out very well and quickly draws you in. You must be patient when reading the book. Many points that are made throughout come together later. Evidence (some perhaps coincidental) mounts as you are taken from continent-to- continent, and you are also versed in map-making and astronomy. You can't help but to take notice. I almost gave this book a 4 (instead of a 5) due to its shear size, but you just have to stay with it. Have fun!
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Summary: REINTERPRETING PAST & FUTURE
Review: Hancock takes us on a global tour of the legends and myths of the world, collating their common threads and scientific evidence to compose a credible theory that an advanced civilization once flourished on earth but was extinguished at the end of the last ice age. All that remains of this antediluvian culture are the "fingerprints" Hancock identifies in various phenomena that have puzzled mankind throughout recorded history. He reveals strange echoes of a society of navigators and builders that flourished up to about 12 000 years ago, gradually building up a compelling argument for the existence of a prehistorical civilization. By examining phenomena around the world, from the Nazca drawings in Peru to the pyramids of Egypt, he interprets these "fingerprints" as ancient signs, or misunderstood teachings left by our unknown ancestors in order to communicate with modern generations. This, and Hancock's other books like his latest, "Underworld," threatens to overturn conventional explanations of our past and stretch the horizons of our future. Meticulously referenced, and often scientific and technical, "Fingerprints" is consistently captivating because Hancock embroiders the narrative with colorful analogies and travelogue, making it easier to understand his point and leaving the reader impressed by the mysterious patterns he unravels. Lavishly enhanced by photographs and illustrations, the book contains extensive references, a vast bibliography and an index.
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Summary: This was a very well written "Put it all together now" book.
Review: The Vernal Equinox has just passed and I was delighted to learn how ancient this first Day of Spring celebration was, and the importance placed on it. For the Baha'i Faith, begun in 1844, March 21 is the New Year. The current breaking up of the Antartic ice sheets was another correlation I found interesting.
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Summary: "We dont even know who we are"
Review: this book is a fascinating read for anyone who is interested in ancient civilizations and human social evolution. I could not help but be moved by the quote from the Hopi woman at the end of the book who said that "sometimes we dont even know who we are". I tend to agree.....
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Summary: This was a fascinating book
Review: I just completed reading this book. I was very interested in the presentation of the similarity of myths from around the world. Equally fascinating was the mathematical patterns in the pyramids. As a former cartographer, I also found the maps at the beginning quite interesting as well. I believe that this book was not meant to be an end all discussion on these subjects and attacks on the author are unwarranted and unprofessional. This book presents an interesting theory supported by interesting "coincidences" and serves to penetrate the tunnel vision of the academic world which is clearly biased not only by it's own ego, but quite possibly (although never admitted to) the convictions of the scientists. It is hard to admit to being wrong and it is even harder to absorb facts that conflict with grass root level beliefs. This book has left me wanting to read more by Mr. Hancock as well as others. Someday I would like to visit some of these places, but not until I have absorbed as much information as possible (both orthodox and non-orthodox). All in all, it was a great read and I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Keep us questioning!
Review: I found the book extremely entertaining and it's exciting to see how it has encouraged debate and the questioning of traditional dogmas. I applaud Mr. Hancock for raising the bar, in challenging both science and our imagination. The technical portions are well presented and easy to follow, especially for the non-mathematically inclined. Parts read like a novel or a travelogue but I actually appreciated these breaks in the action, otherwise it might have read like texts I was raised on...texts that I no longer consider gospel. The interweaving of the many myths worldwide was educational as well. If you have a passion for history you owe it to yourself to read this book. You might not agree with the evidence but you will have accomplished the most important results, you will have at least considered the possibilities, you will at least question.
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Summary: Response to a reader from Tokyo
Review: I understand the constraints the reader from Tokyo has with the book. However, if these trivial aspects of the book are all that this reader can disclaim, then I am skeptical of the review. I too believe that Mr. Hancock displayed his own opinions in the book and did not justify all of his opinions to the reader. If Mr. Hancock had displayed to the reader all of his knowledge that justifies his opinions, the book just might be twice as large and hence, lose the interest of the reader due to it's size alone. We owe much to Mr. Hancock for broadening the horizon of history. Perhaps he is not totally correct, but we owe it to ourselves to find out. If Mr. Hancock is biased to egyptology then I am inclined to believe that egyptologists are biased to Mr. Hancock's thesis. There must be some compromise. I agree with Mr. Hancock that we are very nieve to believe that things happened as simply as egyptologists teach. There are many questions left unanswered that once answered may reveal to us a startling discovery of where we were thousands of years ago and where we will find ourselves in thousands of years. Like I said, we owe it to ourselves to find out and we owe it to Mr. Hancock for making it easier for those of us who can't travel the world and find out for ourselves.
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