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Fingerprints of the Gods

Fingerprints of the Gods

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  • Author：Graham Hancock
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Summary

The author has a highly controversial view of history and his theory of a mysterious， lost civilization that brought knowledge to other people around the world， has attracted a wide audience。 In this new large-format edition， Hancock responds to critics and brings readers up to date with developments in the debate。 He exposes the eerie network of connections between: the Great Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt; the Andean temples of Tianhuanaco; the Mexican pyramids of the Sun and Moon; the lost continent that lies beneath Antarctica; ancient knowledge of spherical geometry and astro-navigation; the myths and legends of humanity that have remained strangely consistent across geographical and social divides; and new theories concerning the causes of the ice ages。 His new evidence suggests not only the "fingerprints" of an unknown civilization that flourished during the last ice age but also horrifying conclusions about the type and extent of planetary catastrophe required to obliterate almost all traces of it。 Included are the BBC transcripts to the "Horizon" TV documentary。

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Reviews

Lars-Göran ，

Mind blowing。

Alex Briggs ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is a great book for those who like ancient ancient history and how some of the incredible structures， buildings， and edifices today were built by a long lost highly advanced civilization and I was already leaning towards that view before this book。 After this book， I’m convinced that sometime， maybe multiples of time， there were civilizations that flourished on earth before the cataclysms。 Ex: We cannot build the Giza pyramid today with all The technology at our hands。 It still can’t be bui This is a great book for those who like ancient ancient history and how some of the incredible structures， buildings， and edifices today were built by a long lost highly advanced civilization and I was already leaning towards that view before this book。 After this book， I’m convinced that sometime， maybe multiples of time， there were civilizations that flourished on earth before the cataclysms。 Ex: We cannot build the Giza pyramid today with all The technology at our hands。 It still can’t be built。 。。。more

Dewee Leizer ，

This was an interesting read。 “Ancient Egypt， like that of the Olmecs （Bolivia）， emerged all at once and fully formed。 Indeed， the period of transition from primitive to advanced society appears to have been so short that it makes no kind of historical sense。 Technological skills that should have taken hundreds or even thousands of years to evolve were brought into use almost overnight-- and with no apparent antecedents whatever。 For example， remains from the pre-dynastic period around 3500 BC s This was an interesting read。 “Ancient Egypt， like that of the Olmecs （Bolivia）， emerged all at once and fully formed。 Indeed， the period of transition from primitive to advanced society appears to have been so short that it makes no kind of historical sense。 Technological skills that should have taken hundreds or even thousands of years to evolve were brought into use almost overnight-- and with no apparent antecedents whatever。 For example， remains from the pre-dynastic period around 3500 BC show no trace of writing。 Soon after that date， quite suddenly and inexplicably， the hieroglyphs familiar from so many of the ruins of Ancient Egypt begin to appear in a complete and perfect state。 Far from being mere pictures of objects or actions， this written language was complex and structured at the outset， with signs that represented sounds only and a detailed system of numerical symbols。 Even the very earliest hieroglyphs were stylized and conventionalized; and it is clear that an advanced cursive script was it common usage by the dawn of the First Dynasty。” 。。。more

Robert Merki ，

A wonderfully compelling book when look at from a theoretical perspective。 Hancock takes a lot of artistic liberty in weaving together his case for a long-forgotten ancient civilization， but it's a fun read nonetheless。Don't take it too seriously and you'll have fun。 A wonderfully compelling book when look at from a theoretical perspective。 Hancock takes a lot of artistic liberty in weaving together his case for a long-forgotten ancient civilization， but it's a fun read nonetheless。Don't take it too seriously and you'll have fun。 。。。more

Michael ，

（aud） Pseudo-science， alt history， gobbledy-gook or 'the real truth'。。。who knows， I'm certainly no closer to understanding than I was before。 That the pyramids could （and would） have been built when they were and then unequalled until modern construction seems。。。unlikely。。。that the similarities between myths across the entire planet share so many similarities and stories seems。。。impossible。。。given traditional understanding of our history。 In my digging in， the Peeri-Reis map is just a poorly dra （aud） Pseudo-science， alt history， gobbledy-gook or 'the real truth'。。。who knows， I'm certainly no closer to understanding than I was before。 That the pyramids could （and would） have been built when they were and then unequalled until modern construction seems。。。unlikely。。。that the similarities between myths across the entire planet share so many similarities and stories seems。。。impossible。。。given traditional understanding of our history。 In my digging in， the Peeri-Reis map is just a poorly drawn map of S。America and does not show Antarctica without ice and I think this is the real crux。 Like a historical Dr。 Mercola he blends enough legitimate science with enough made-up science to lend the legitimacy needed to turn some crackpot idea （like an election getting overturned 8 months after it's completion） and make you question it just enough。 Fascinating read and what I liked best was that it made me question existing understandings of certain things。 The entire astrological side of it was transformational for me。 。。。more

Anna Miligkou ，

Interesting theory incorporating facts and figures from around the world。

Joseph C。 ，

This is an excellent and well researched book。 It made me rethink how we are perceiving our ancient history。 There seems to be a lot of evidence that a more advanced civilization was here around the end of the ice age。 I highly recommend this book。

Jefferson ，

This book is a real mixed bag for me。 I like that many of the concepts challenge conventional thinking and history。 I think it is likely sophisticated societies have existed in the past。 Some of the theories in this book is supported by the Fermi Paradox and the unlikelihood of civilizations succeeding。 The book struggles where it overstated its claims and gets too caught up in minutia and personal anecdotes。 The book opens with a warning about 2012 and events foretold by the Mayan Calendar。 Sit This book is a real mixed bag for me。 I like that many of the concepts challenge conventional thinking and history。 I think it is likely sophisticated societies have existed in the past。 Some of the theories in this book is supported by the Fermi Paradox and the unlikelihood of civilizations succeeding。 The book struggles where it overstated its claims and gets too caught up in minutia and personal anecdotes。 The book opens with a warning about 2012 and events foretold by the Mayan Calendar。 Sitting here in 2021 compromises some of the authenticity of the books’ claims。 I really wish this was presented differently and didn’t come to such a strict conclusion。 I wish it was left to more interpretation and multiple conclusions were sought。 It is very long。 。。。more

Stefan ，

I've heard a lot of the criticism about this book。 Even the author himself has redacted some of his theories。 If nothing else the takeaway of this book should be the realization that the modern world has done a disservice by discrediting historical legends and not trying to find answers rather than those that conveniently fit with the narrative。 If you go into this with an open mind， even if you don't believe everything， there will be some fascinating revelations along the way。 While not everyth I've heard a lot of the criticism about this book。 Even the author himself has redacted some of his theories。 If nothing else the takeaway of this book should be the realization that the modern world has done a disservice by discrediting historical legends and not trying to find answers rather than those that conveniently fit with the narrative。 If you go into this with an open mind， even if you don't believe everything， there will be some fascinating revelations along the way。 While not everything is factual this book is very very far from fiction and I feel it speaks closer to the truth about distant cultures than any history book has。 It's become interesting how thinking has shifted about past cultures and societies with the discoveries of ancient civilizations and structures that hadn't been unearthed at the time of the publishing of Fingerprints of the Gods。 I think you are doing disservice to not take this book seriously and consider that the facts presented to us may not be complete facts at all。 。。。more

Vikas Jadon ，

This book raises several unanswered questions。 A good read。

Don S ，

Very interesting and important theories regarding ancient human history are presented in this 500 page book。 Unfortunately they could have been very easily explained in 100 pages。 Too many step by step descriptions of the author's investigations of ancient Mayan and Egyptian ruins。 Literally step by step！ I skipped over many pages of painstakingly dull walks down dark corridors， etc， etc。But his theories are thought provoking。 He believes many of our most famous ancient monuments are well over 1 Very interesting and important theories regarding ancient human history are presented in this 500 page book。 Unfortunately they could have been very easily explained in 100 pages。 Too many step by step descriptions of the author's investigations of ancient Mayan and Egyptian ruins。 Literally step by step！ I skipped over many pages of painstakingly dull walks down dark corridors， etc， etc。But his theories are thought provoking。 He believes many of our most famous ancient monuments are well over 10，000 years old and provide clues about an advanced civilization， maybe much more advanced than our own。 This civilization was located in Antarctica prior to it freezing over when the Earth's axis tilted。 Its destruction left humanity in the Dark Ages for centuries until we gradually progressed to our currrent condition。He provides numerous points of evidence to back up his claims。 No need to list those here but needless to say I believe he's on to something。 。。。more

Mike ，

What a great book！ Stokes the imagination！ Bravo！ I'm excited to continue to follow the work of Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson and others who are delving into these mysteries。 Brien Foerster is another。 What a great book！ Stokes the imagination！ Bravo！ I'm excited to continue to follow the work of Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson and others who are delving into these mysteries。 Brien Foerster is another。 。。。more

Sara Patterson ，

EXCELLENT！！！！！！！！！！

Christine ，

Very interesting book， a must read for who is interested in ancient （but lost） civilizations

Csilla ，

compelling case of a lost civilization。Great book。

Bryan ，

This would have made a great setting for a Tim Powers novel。

Lia P ，

I love it to know more on what the research of the pyramids is like

Gordon ，

Thank god for the wild hypothesizer。 Modern "scientists" are cowards， afraid of censure and being wrong。 Moreover they're boring。Graham Hancock is probably wrong about a lot， but he has the courage to connect dots， and tbh he's rather convincing。 It seems very plausible that there was an advanced human civilization that was wiped out ~13，000 years ago。 Thank god for the wild hypothesizer。 Modern "scientists" are cowards， afraid of censure and being wrong。 Moreover they're boring。Graham Hancock is probably wrong about a lot， but he has the courage to connect dots， and tbh he's rather convincing。 It seems very plausible that there was an advanced human civilization that was wiped out ~13，000 years ago。 。。。more

Shanna ，

DNF-ed at 75%。Actual Rating: 2。5/5 starsReview: This book wasn't necessarily "bad。" The audiobook just wasn't working for me， it was too long， and Hancock includes too much speculation in his writing。 I really wanted to like this book， which is why I tried so hard to continue and finish it。 Just to be clear: I don't mind long books， and I don't mind speculation。 But Fingerprints of the Gods seemed way too long at 52 chapters for how much speculation there actually was in this book。 I only li DNF-ed at 75%。Actual Rating: 2。5/5 starsReview: This book wasn't necessarily "bad。" The audiobook just wasn't working for me， it was too long， and Hancock includes too much speculation in his writing。 I really wanted to like this book， which is why I tried so hard to continue and finish it。 Just to be clear: I don't mind long books， and I don't mind speculation。 But Fingerprints of the Gods seemed way too long at 52 chapters for how much speculation there actually was in this book。 I only listened to this one so that I could listen to the next book， Magicians of the Gods， but now， I'm not so sure I'll read that。 I can't pinpoint anything other than the speculation that I didn't like about this book - as I said， this book wasn't "bad。" It's just 。 。 。 not a book for me。 。。。more

Heather ，

That ending tho。 What a book。 It took me months of listening on and off to finish， but it was throughly fascinating。

Barbara Mauceri ，

Knowlege is PowerMr。 Hancock does an incredible job of stating facts and leaves the conclusion up to the reader。 He will give his opinion based on those facts and makes you think about all you have previously been taught。 Religion and many other ideas you thought you fully understood will be questioned after reading this book。 With knowledge comes power， and with power comes great responsibility。。。

Gregory Figg ，

Now this is a book that I can recommend。 Absolutely gripping。 I thoroughly enjoy Hancock's penchant for asking 'why？' and， more pertinently， 'why not？'。 From the outset， with his mantra of 'why not？'， it is evident that Hancock is appealing to a wider audience than that of a mainstream academic。 In doing so， importantly， he does not lose sight of the bases upon which he makes his propositions。 The questions he asks are fascinating in nature and mindblowing in implication。 His critics are legion， Now this is a book that I can recommend。 Absolutely gripping。 I thoroughly enjoy Hancock's penchant for asking 'why？' and， more pertinently， 'why not？'。 From the outset， with his mantra of 'why not？'， it is evident that Hancock is appealing to a wider audience than that of a mainstream academic。 In doing so， importantly， he does not lose sight of the bases upon which he makes his propositions。 The questions he asks are fascinating in nature and mindblowing in implication。 His critics are legion， and understandably so given the inflammatory nature of his proposals to varied disciplines。 Such is life， however， that ideas contrary to established dogma are immediately chastised and dismissed without fair hearing。I recommend consecutively reading this and then Hancock's later book， 'Magicians of the Gods'。 。。。more

Phil Schuler ，

Difficult to read。 The author picks and chooses what he wants in order to fit his shaky narrative。 He takes local legends at face value when it works。 Where there can be many different possibilities he jumps to enormous conclusions and goes with the highly improbable。 A lot of the sources that he uses has been well and truly debunked。 After a while this was painful to read。 There are grains of truth intertwined with ludicrous。 Yes， there is a lot we still do not know about south and central Amer Difficult to read。 The author picks and chooses what he wants in order to fit his shaky narrative。 He takes local legends at face value when it works。 Where there can be many different possibilities he jumps to enormous conclusions and goes with the highly improbable。 A lot of the sources that he uses has been well and truly debunked。 After a while this was painful to read。 There are grains of truth intertwined with ludicrous。 Yes， there is a lot we still do not know about south and central American cultures。 Yes， they are very similar to Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures。 There can also be other explanations as to why this is。 Explanations that do not include ancient， superior beings tens of thousands of years prior to the known start of civilizations。 But I am not here to go through， point by point， all that is wrong with this fiction。 It is a good story， do not get me wrong。 But they are， right now， just that， stories， folklores。 The author skipped over the process and went headlong with his imagination。 I can see how people could be swayed by his persuasive arguments。 But that does not make them true。 The fact， the science are seriously lacking。 。。。more

Rafael Santiago ，

Amazing book。 It reminded me of Yuval books although Graham seems to place his focus on specific subjects per books。 I was not planning on reading another Graham book right after but I enjoyed Fingerprints of the God's so much I decided to start Supernatural。 Amazing book。 It reminded me of Yuval books although Graham seems to place his focus on specific subjects per books。 I was not planning on reading another Graham book right after but I enjoyed Fingerprints of the God's so much I decided to start Supernatural。 。。。more

Ragne ，

Absolute rubbish。 I cannot in good conscience mark this as non-fiction。 He sneers less at a theory of alien landing strips than he does "mainstream historians and archaeologists"。 The "evidence" is often based on him having "a distinct feeling" contrary to all scientists （except the one or two he finds who corroborate his theory）。I'm giving up on this one。 Absolute rubbish。 I cannot in good conscience mark this as non-fiction。 He sneers less at a theory of alien landing strips than he does "mainstream historians and archaeologists"。 The "evidence" is often based on him having "a distinct feeling" contrary to all scientists （except the one or two he finds who corroborate his theory）。I'm giving up on this one。 。。。more

Augusto Bernardi ，

3。5 is a better rating than just 3 stars。 I must make clear that this book did achieve what it at it to do to it's reader which is too make me question some of history that we consider to be fact but maybe aren't。 I'm also thoroughly interested now and open too hear more from graham Hancock。 I'm undeniably a fan of his e despite me not agreeing with everything he said。 One thing is for certain， Graham certainly had a mountain of material/evidence to back up any theory he had。 This was a giant ma 3。5 is a better rating than just 3 stars。 I must make clear that this book did achieve what it at it to do to it's reader which is too make me question some of history that we consider to be fact but maybe aren't。 I'm also thoroughly interested now and open too hear more from graham Hancock。 I'm undeniably a fan of his e despite me not agreeing with everything he said。 One thing is for certain， Graham certainly had a mountain of material/evidence to back up any theory he had。 This was a giant make it break for me and shows the type of person that Hancock is。 I really didn't want to hear some unprepared conspiracy theorist completely out of his depth。 This wasn't the case at all and he only used the evidence that was there for his arguments and conclusions。 I didn't though agree with some or most of his conclusions。 I found that a lot of them were a giant stretch and I was sceptical whether how much of my ignorance of the subject is a factor in order for me to agree with these conclusions。 A great example of this is when the bulk of his argument had to do with complex math in order to prove the great intelligence of ancient civilizations。 I'm completely out of my depth as a reader to agree with any of this。 A large amount of this book was about the myths from central American cultures， Egyptian and even border mythology。 That's fine and interesting and also gives the book some break from the technical aspect。 But trying to jump to conclusions that the similarities between the myths from cultures somehow points to the cultures being connected it that the myths are to some degree are fact。 No， I cannot get into that bandwagon。 But on the other hand， I must agree that the construction and origins of many off these great ancient sites were deeply mysterious。 Of course！ Graham introduced me to some amazing ruins and also made me appreciate some of the sites I already knew to a whole other level。 In one way， this was a fantastic travel book because Graham gives his personal first hand account of visiting these literally awesome places。 Some stand out places I had never heard of was Sacsayhuaman with the gigantic stones and also Tiahuanaco。 During the chunk of the book that talked about with and central America， you get a sad feeling on how much history and culture was lost with the Spanish raping a culture。 The second half of the book focused on ancient Egypt which wasn't ever that interesting to me and I unfortunately instinctively dismissed it as being primitive。 Oh boy， did Hancock convert me in this aspect。 I am puzzled and incredibly curious on how the pyramids were constructed and why and by whom because I don't think that we fully understand the answer to those questions and shouldn't be so sure to jump to conclusions with the simple explanation of that it was a tomb。 Hancock explains on how bare the pyramid of Giza is inside。 Tight tunnels that lead to great halls with no hieroglyphs on the flat stone walls。 Most importantly， no treasure or ornaments like other Pharaoh tombs。 Another believable hypothesis in the book was that the great Sphinx is not just built by someone different than the pyramids but is also older， by maybe thousands of years。 He explains this with the possibility that the erosion on the pyramid isn't just from sand and winds as it might have been fully buried for hundreds of years。 Hancock is really hellbent that the Sphinx was built at a time where the climate in Egypt was vastly different to the one today。 This is how he connects all the parts of the book about the last ice age， which likely was a pivotal part in human evolution and civilisation and the closest humans have ever been to extinction。 The giant changes in the climate could explain some of the theories he has in regards to the location even of this lost civilisation as any advanced civilization needs to have a certain criteria of landmarks in its region in order for them to thrive and so far as we know， there isn't anywhere on earth that we don't know that that place could have been。 Except for Antarctica， which is where he believes this lost civilisation could have been at very early date when the climate there was different， as scientists have determined， there really was。 So I don't know how of this is believable in the end but there are some compelling points and a lot of questions are raised that intrigue me。 I look forward to read more of his books so that maybe some questions are answered or maybe some more questions appear。 。。。more

Russell ，

First off， I really enjoyed this book。 It did pose some interesting questions that may not be accepted by conventional archaeology。 However， it wouldn't be the first time the established narrative has been eventually proven wrong。 I've been to many of the places Hancock mentions in the book and examined firsthand several of the artifacts he mentioned。 There is undoubtedly a stream of knowledge that the ancients were completely aware of that has been lost over time。 To what level， I'm not quite a First off， I really enjoyed this book。 It did pose some interesting questions that may not be accepted by conventional archaeology。 However， it wouldn't be the first time the established narrative has been eventually proven wrong。 I've been to many of the places Hancock mentions in the book and examined firsthand several of the artifacts he mentioned。 There is undoubtedly a stream of knowledge that the ancients were completely aware of that has been lost over time。 To what level， I'm not quite as convinced as Hancock seems to be。This leads me into my criticism of Hancock's book。 He seems to make theoretical claims and runs with it from there making connections that are at best suspect。 I'm completely in favor of theories but beyond that point， it is only a theory and renders anything that follows purely speculative。 Of course， evidence which hasn't been found。。。。（yet） should serve to change minds sufficiently。 Quetzalcoatl for example， the "bearded white man"。 While undoubtedly a firmly established story in ancient Meso-America， this is but 1 version of his story and wasn't adopted by all cultures until the spread of Aztec influence。 Many tribes had their own versions of the story of Quetzalcoatl and his physical form， namely the feathered serpent depending on the various tribal versions， morphed into a man over time。 There is another version of him being a king of the Toltecs， in the flesh， a real person responsible for establishing cities and so called civilization。 Hancock adopts only 1 version and runs with it which I believe is his error， albeit an interesting one。 Interesting nonetheless， but worthy of much further scrutiny and research。As far as the Egyptian history and those water marks around the Sphinx enclosure， I've seen it myself。 Although I'm not a professional geologist， it doesn't take much to figure out what caused it and flowing water does appear to be the likely culprit。 However， it does take evidence of the same flood destruction elsewhere in the area around the same time before it can be fully accepted， leaving prints in the same bedrock in the area。 Several geologists have put their careers on the line claiming exactly the same thing。 We'll see what science turns up in the years that follow。 Hancock may likely be onto something but tales and connections beyond that are purely speculative at this point。 This lead me to knock a star off the rating as at times， I found Hancock's speculation a bit much to sift through to find documented fact。 But in between the speculation， there is likely value to be found。Overall， regardless of my inability to accept many of his claims， I did enjoy this book。 The reader must have an open mind yet at the same time stay true to evidence when considering Hancock's analysis。 If alternative possible histories and the beginnings of human civilization is of interest， this book should be in your repertoire。 5 stars - 1 star for lack of actual evidence and meandering = 4 stars 。。。more

Tech Nossomy ，

Everyone should at least read one junk-science book in their lives。

Blake Roche ，

I really really wanted to give this book 2-3 stars。 Because my god what a DRAG。 This is the reading equivalent of watching paint dry， BUT it’s tirelessly researched and almost feels like an insult to give it any less than four stars。 I absolutely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone unless you’re maybe stuck in prison or don’t have legs or something。 Interesting concepts but there are essentially four or five central ideas reiterated 1700 times at the readers expense。 This falls under the category of I really really wanted to give this book 2-3 stars。 Because my god what a DRAG。 This is the reading equivalent of watching paint dry， BUT it’s tirelessly researched and almost feels like an insult to give it any less than four stars。 I absolutely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone unless you’re maybe stuck in prison or don’t have legs or something。 Interesting concepts but there are essentially four or five central ideas reiterated 1700 times at the readers expense。 This falls under the category of “could’ve been a blog post”。 P a s s 。。。more

Jackson Buckley ，

There is no resolution with a pretty bow on it。 Instead， Graham just hits you with paradox after paradox after paradox。 For 18 hrs。 The more you try to understand the pyramids the deeper you enter the maze， Deloris。 Still， this lands as maybe the best history "class" I've ever taken。 There is no resolution with a pretty bow on it。 Instead， Graham just hits you with paradox after paradox after paradox。 For 18 hrs。 The more you try to understand the pyramids the deeper you enter the maze， Deloris。 Still， this lands as maybe the best history "class" I've ever taken。 。。。more

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