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Underworld
- The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 31 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
From Graham Hancock, best-selling author of Fingerprints of the Gods, comes a mesmerizing book that takes us on a captivating underwater voyage to find the ruins of a lost civilization that's been hidden for thousands of years beneath the world's oceans.
While Graham Hancock is no stranger to stirring up heated controversy among scientific experts, his books and television documentaries have intrigued millions of people around the world and influenced many to rethink their views about the origins of human civilization. Now he returns with an explosive new work of archaeological detection. In Underworld, Hancock continues his remarkable quest underwater, where, according to almost a thousand ancient myths from every part of the globe, the ruins of a lost civilization, obliterated in a universal flood, are to be found.
Guided by cutting-edge science and the latest archaeological scholarship, Hancock begins his mission to discover the truth about these myths and examines the mystery at the end of the last Ice Age. As the glaciers melted between 17,000 and 7,000 years ago, sea levels rose and more than 15 million square miles of habitable land were submerged underwater, resulting in a radical change to the Earth's shape and the conditions in which people could live. Using the latest computer techniques to map the world's changing coastlines, Hancock finds astonishing correspondences with the ancient flood myths.
Filled with thrilling accounts of his own participation in dives off the coast of Japan, as well as in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Arabian Sea, we watch as Hancock discovers underwater ruins exactly where the myths say they should be-sunken kingdoms that archaeologists never thought existed. Fans of Hancock's previous adventures will find themselves immersed in Underworld, a provocative book that provides both compelling hard evidence for a fascinating, forgotten episode in human history, and a completely new explanation for the origins of civilization as we know it.
Critic reviews
"Graham Hancock is no stranger to controversy. The former journalist, whose books have sold five million copies in the past 10 years, has repeatedly dared to challenge scientific shibboleth, taking a run at entrenched thinking in archeology, geology and astronomy." (The Globe and Mail)
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- Dr G.
- 08-06-19
Tantalising glimpses of an unacknowledged archaic world
A great theory well supported with facts and fiction.
Time and technology will inevitably cast more light.
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- Agvas
- 16-01-24
Graham Hancock never disappoints!
I swear, Graham Hancock makes every subject interesting. And while I’m a long-time fan of his well-researched, beautifully-presented and just well-informed subjects, this book may be one of his best. Such a thorough and stunning topic, ranging from underwater structures (most of them explored while diving himself and his brave and brilliant photographer wife Santha), but more importantly - very believable theories on what life may have been like when those structures were above the water.
I’m a fan and there isn’t a book of Mr Hancocks that disappoints. And while I miss Graham’s own voice and spectacular narration we often hear in his later books, Dennis Kleinman has done a wonderful job. I was particularly impressed how well Mr Kleinman has pronounced all the ancient names of places, divinity, describing religious texts etc. I come across such poor pronunciations sometimes that this was such a treat to the ear, instead making me cringe, this time I was only purring like a content cat.
Fantastic read, captivating and so informative. Highly recommended for anyone interested in theories and well presented facts to consider with regards to the origins of our ancient civilisations.
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- chris
- 13-08-22
Amazing
Love how Graham goes deep into his investigations and stands up for his beliefs
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- Anonymous User
- 16-02-23
GH
Graham Hancock really does his research, and the first hand explanation of finds - with a critical view - is profound in trying to rewrite the story of mankind.
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- Mr. T. Graham
- 08-07-21
Disappointed with quality of sound
Don’t know if this is just my download but the beginning of sentences fade out and you miss words throughout. Doesn’t happen on other books including ones written by Graham.
The performance of the actual reader Is perfect and obviously the content is sound.
Graham is a great writer although he could have done without the dig on Erich Von Daniken. In my eyes unless you can prove him wrong you should take his views as equality credible. It’s predicable and demeaning for someone like Graham to use sly take downs. The tactic is not as clever as the people who use it think it is.
Just present your case please.
Overall a good book.
Frustrating that a 30 hour book has been so badly recorded.
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- Goronwy-Wyn
- 30-08-19
Meticulously researched fascinating hypothesis.
While I initially thought this was going to be a book on diving, it turned out to be that AND so much more!
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- Paul Roberts
- 02-05-23
thought provoking
we need to keep asking the questions that GH does, something will give and we will understand ourselves better
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- Matthew m.
- 26-03-19
amazing,
It's an amazing book, great research! I was gripped throughout! would highly recommend it. great
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- Scott
- 06-05-19
Great book.
Another great book from Hancock. I will be listening to it again at least once more.
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- Martie
- 18-07-19
interesting subject field understandable to laymen
Opened a totally new subject field for me. Excellent narration, especially good pronunciation of foreign place names.
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