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The new masterwork that rewrites American history as we know it, from the internationally bestselling author whose controversial take on the past, once anathema to archaeologists, has been overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries.
Was a technologically and spiritually advanced civilization destroyed in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? Graham Hancock has made it his life's work to find out, and in America Before, he draws on the latest archaeological and DNA evidence to bring his quest to a stunning conclusion.
This new investigation uses the same methods as his previous bestsellers to unveil paradigm-busting discoveries, amongst them that humans have been in the Americas for more than 100,000 years longer than we've been taught, that the Amazon rainforest in prehistory was filled with great cities and immense geometrical monuments, and that the Americas - long neglected - in fact played a central role in the still poorly-understood story of human origins and the origins of civilization.
Hancock's research takes us on a series of journeys and encounters with the scientists responsible for the recent extraordinary breakthroughs in this nuanced story. From the Mississippi Valley to the Amazon rainforest, ancient 'New World' cultures share a legacy of advanced scientific knowledge and sophisticated spiritual beliefs with supposedly unconnected 'Old World' cultures. Hancock follows the clues to their source in the devastated heartland of the lost civilization.
America Before is a culmination of everything that millions of readers have loved in Hancock's body of work over the past decades, namely a mind-dilating exploration of the mystery of ancient civilizations, amazing archaeological discoveries and profound implications for how we lead our lives today.
Industry Reviews
"A treasure." --Joe Rogan on Graham Hancock
"A fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a new story of the past." --Daily Mail
Praise for Graham Hancock's previous books:
"Hancock's passionate, detailed prose transports us around the globe and across millennia in an accessible and direct manner." --New Dawn Magazine
"Ingenious." --Kirkus Reviews
"I'm deeply immersed still in Hancock's "Magicians of the Gods." I do so recommend this book. Hancock is an enchanting writer, and such a curious and thoughtful and intuitive investigator of the mysteries of lost civilizations and archaeological mysteries." --Anne Rice, NYT bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles
"Hancock does a magnificent job of proving beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization, which flourished during the Ice Age, was destroyed in global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago." --Atlantis Rising on Magicians of the Gods
"A reading experience of pure gold...History buffs, Bible scholars, anyone who likes a great intellectual detective yarn will plunge into The Sign and the Seal and not come up for air until the end." --Seattle Times on The Sign and the Seal
"Intriguing and entertaining and sturdy enough to give a long pause for thought." --Kirkus Reviews on Fingerprints of the Gods
"Readers will hugely enjoy their quest in these pages of inspired storytelling."-The Times of London
ISBN: 9781250153739
ISBN-10: 1250153735
Published: 23rd April 2019
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 608
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24 x 16.5 x 5
Weight (kg): 0.9
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