Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock (1951 - ) is the author of several books, including The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, and . His chief areas of interest are stone monuments or megaliths, ancient myths and astronomical/astrological data from the past. One of Hancock's main themes is his desire to prove the existence of so-called 'lost' civilizations such as Atlantis. He has also attempted to prove the existence of a technologically advanced race that peopled the earth 10,000 years ago.Hancock admits to no archaeological qualifications and was previously a political journalist before promoting his unorthodox archaeological theories. His ideas have been systematically demolished on numerous occasions, most famously by BBC 2's Horizon programme. Horizon detailed his attempts to join the dots on maps of ancient temple complexes to produce outlines of astrological features and pointed out that the same thing could be done with famous landmarks in New York. The programme also revealed that Hancock had selectively moved or ignored the locations of the temples to fit his own theories. Hancock states that he was misrepresented by the programme.
Debate surrounds the existence of Atlantis. First referred to by the Ancient Greeks it has been the source of many stories and a large body of mythology. Some authors speculate these stories and other evidence points to the existence of an actual civilisation called Atlantis, however most of the academic community disputes this claim.
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