Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
January 17, 2008
Hancock has reportedly sold several million copies of his books touting earlier origins to civilization than is the general consensus. He believes that civilization rose about 17,000 years ago (rather than about 6,000) and vanished beneath a rising sea level, leaving its traces in flood myths in Sumerian and Vedic texts, in early maps of the Age of Discovery, and more plausibly, in submerged ruins. Hancock throws up a fantastic amount of data on these points in this work, ranging from his personal textual interpretations to his dives at coastal sites in Malta, India, Japan, and the Bahamas. Perhaps Hancock’s what-if, adventuring style will again prove commercially successful, if not intellectually persuasive to archaeologists, but the poor organization of this work may daunt the otherwise enthusiastic. Discursive and speculative, it expands the meaning of open-minded and could have been pruned without harm (Hancock prints scads of his correspondence and interviews verbatim). However, rebels always attract attention–and Hancock has already proven that he can.
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Technology of the Gods: The Incredible Sciences of the Ancients
January 17, 2008
Popular Lost Cities author David Childress opens the door to the amazing world of ancient technology, from the computers of the ancient world to the flying machines of the gods. Technology of the Gods explores the technology that was allegedly used in Atlantis and the theory that the Great Pyramid of Egypt was originally a gigantic power station. Childress also uncovers many other mysteries, including:
- the technology of ancient flight
- how the ancients used electricity
- megalithic building techniques
- the use of crystal lenses and the fire from the gods
- ancient evidence of high-tech weapons, including atomic weapons
- the role of modern inventors, such as Nikola Tesla, in bringing ancient technology into modern use
impossible artifacts, and more, much more. Childress has done it again! From beginning to end, Technology of the Gods is filled with facts, keen observations and tales that challenge modern assumptions in a humorous, intelligent and compelling way that is quintessential Childress.
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Fingerprints of the Gods
January 17, 2008
Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was destroyed and obliterated from human memory.
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Forbidden History
January 17, 2008
In Forbidden History writer and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that have appeared in the bimonthly journal Atlantis Rising to provide readers with an overview of the core positions of key thinkers in the field of ancient mysteries and alternative history. The 17 contributors include among others, Rand Flem-Ath, Frank Joseph, Christopher Dunn, and Will Hart, all of whom challenge the scientific establishment to reexamine its underlying premises in understanding ancient civilizations and open up to the possibility of meaningful debate around alternative theories of humanity’s true past.
Each of the essays builds upon the work of the other contributors. Kenyon has carefully crafted his vision and selected writings in six areas: Darwinism Under Fire, Earth Changes–Sudden or Gradual, Civilization’s Greater Antiquity, Ancestors from Space, Ancient High Tech, and The Search for Lost Origins. He explores the most current ideas in the Atlantis debate, the origins of the Pyramids, and many other controversial themes.
The book serves as an excellent introduction to hitherto suppressed and alternative accounts of history as contributors raise questions about the origins of civilization and humanity, catastrophism, and ancient technology. The collection also includes several articles that introduce, compare, contrast, and complement the theories of other notable authors in these fields, such as Zecharia Sitchin, Paul LaViolette, John Michell, and John Anthony West.
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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age
January 17, 2008
Now, after 20 years, Charles Hapgood’s classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back in print. Hapgood uses his ancient maps as concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt.
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CBC – The End [2006]
January 17, 2008
The experts have spoken. Mass media is reported to be on its last legs.
A handful of new media entities with remarkably silly names: Blogs, Vlogs,
YouTube, Podcasts, and Yahoo! are leading the charge, leaving traditional
forms of communications to play catch-up or get left behind.
The CBC’s pop culture specialist Jian Ghomeshi ponders the fate of mass media
and asks whether we are nearing a world without television, radio or print in
THE END, a three-part series airing on CBC Newsworld.
