THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SENSATION THAT TURNED HISTORY ON ITS HEAD, FROM THE CREATOR OF NETFLIX’S ANCIENT APOCALYPSE ‘One of the intellectual landmarks of the decade’ Literary Review‘Readers will hugely enjoy their quest in these pages of inspired storytelling’ Times___________________________A revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of readers throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the origins of modern society.An intellectual detective story, this unique history book directs probing questions at orthodox history, presenting disturbing new evidence that historians have tried – but failed – to explain.This groundbreaking evidence includes:* Accurate ancient maps that show the world as it last looked during the Ice Age, thousands of years before any civilisation capable of making such maps is supposed to have existed.* Evidence of the devastating scientific and astronomical information encoded into prehistoric myths.* The incredible construction of the great pyramids of Egypt and of megalithic temples on the Giza plateau.* The mysterious astronomical alignments of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx.* The megalithic temples of the Andes.* The myths of Viracocha and Quetzalcoatl.* The pyramids of the Sun and the Moon in Mexico.* The doomsday calendar and eerie memories of the ancient Maya.* The warning from the Hopi of Arizona.___________________________‘Hancock’s sweep through the ancient world is arresting and audacious’ Daily Mail‘Hancock has invented a new genre: an intellectual whodunit by a do-it-yourself sleuth with whom we can all identify’ Guardian‘Part travelogue, part sensation, part unravelling, a fascinating story’ Catholic Herald(Part one of a trilogy, followed by MAGICIANS OF THE GODS and AMERICA BEFORE)

Investigative journalist and bestselling author of controversial history books, including bestseller The Sign and the Seal, uncovers the evidence of Earth’s lost civilisation.About the AuthorGraham Hancock is the author of the major international bestsellers The Sign and The Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods and Heaven’s Mirror. His books have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into 27 languages. He is an extremely successful investigative journalist, having been Editor of Conde Nast’s Traveller magazine and East Africa Correspondent for the Economist. His public lectures and TV appearances, including the three-hour series Quest For The Lost Civilization, have put his religious and historical theories before audiences of tens of millions. He has become recognized as an unconventional thinker who raises legitimate questions about humanity’s history, religion and prehistory and offers an increasingly popular challenge to the entrenched views of orthodox scholars.ReviewsIntriguing * Sunday Times *Hancock challenges orthodox history with extraordinary theories of a vanished early civilisation destroyed by a cataclysm… However heretical his arguments, his sweep through the ancient world is arresting and audacious * Daily Mail *Book InformationISBN 9780712679060Author Graham HancockFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint CenturyPublisher CornerstoneWeight(grams) 960gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 152mm * 50mm