Keeper of Genesis
Kennett, James
Khorenatsi, Moses
Khufu
Kinzie, Carles R.
Knibb, Michael A.
Komatsu, Goro
Kronos
Krupp, Ed
Kudurru Stones
Kunzig, Robert
L
La Venta site
Lactantius
Lake Nasser
Lascaux site
Le Compte, Malcolm A.
Lewis devices
Libanius
Lichtheim, Miriam
lion pillars
Liritzis, Ionnis
Lohmann, Daniel
Lorenzis, Alessandro De
Luckert, Karl
Lupakas
M
Machu Picchu
Macrobius
Magli, Giulio
Man in Serpent sculpture
Mansfield, G.R.
Mariette, Auguste
Markham, Sir Clements
Mashar, Abu
Maspero, Gaston
Mayans
Mead, G.R.S.
Meinzer, O.E.
melted minerals
Menzies, Robert J.
Mesopotamia
message, of monuments
meteorites
Milne-Edwards Deep
Miyamoto, Hideyaki
Morley, Sylvanus Griswold
Mount Ararat
Mount Hermon
Mountain of Light
Muyuc Marca
N
nanodiamonds
Napier, Bill
Natawidjaja, Danny Hilman
Native American legends/prophecies
navels of the earth
Nephilim
Nevali Cori site
Nickelsburg, George W.
Noah’s Ark
North American ice cap flooding
O
Oannes
O’Connor, Jim
Oljiato
Ollantaytambo
orichalcum
Orion Correlation
The Orion Mystery
Orofino, Vincenzo
Osiris
Ouranos
P
Palermo Stone
Palsson, Einar
Pardee, J.T.
pareidolia
Parsche, F.
Pelabuhan Ratu
Phoenicians
Phoenix
Pillar (Göbleki Tepe)
Pinter, Nicholas
Pirsig, W.
Pisac
Plato
Pleiades
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Pole Star
Ponce Monolith
Popol Vuh sacred book
precessional cycle/numbers
Puma Punku
Pyramid of Khafre
Pyramid of Khufu
Pyramid Texts
Pyramids of Giza
Q
Quebecia Terrain
Queen of the Southern Ocean
Quetzalcoatl
Quirke, Stephen
R
radiocarbon dating
Ragette, Friedrich
Rappengluck, Michael
Reymond, Anne Elizabeth
rock softening/heating
Roman building skills
Rundle Clark, R.T.
S
Sabians
Sacsayhuaman
Sanchuniathon
Sanginés, Carlos Ponce
Sanliurfa
Santillana, Giorgo de
Santos, Arysio
Scablands
Schmidt, Klaus
Schoch, Robert
sea level change
Seal of Solomon
sealing process, and dating
Seven Sages
shamanism
Shanti, Desril
Sharma, Mukul
Shaw, John
Shetiyah megalith
signals, in precessional code
Sitchin, Zecheria
Soennichsen, John
Solomon’s Temple
Solon
Sound Eye
space agencies
Spedicato, Emilio
spherules
Spooner, Ian
Spring equinox, Göbekli Tepe
Stadelmann, Rainer
star dating
star worship
Stellarium software
stereobates
Stevens, George
Stone of the Pregnant Woman
stylistic dating
subglacial reservoir theory
Sulawesi island
Sumatra
summer solstice, Göbekli Tepe
Sundaland
Supernatural
surface luminescence dating
T
Taautos
Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
Taurid meteor stream
Tell Idris site
Temple of Bacchus
Temple of Horus
Temple of Jupiter
Temple of the Moon
Temple of the Moon God
Temple Mount, Jerusalem
Temple of the Phoenix
Temple of Sais
Temple of Venus
Theodosius
therianthropes
Thoth
3:4:5 triangle ratio
Thy, Peter
Tiahuanaco
Toraja
Torres, Constantino Manuel
Tosaka, Hiroyuki
Totem Pole, Göbekli Tepe
Toxodon
Trilithon (Baalbek)
Tugu Gede
Tunguska event
Turan, Mehmet Ergun
Turkish underground complexes
U
U-shaped wall, Baalbek
Ukun Pacha period
Underworld
Unver, Hasan
Uoke
Upper Paleolithic Age
Upton, Dell
Ur
Uran Pacha period
Urquhart, David
V
Vafiadou, Asimina
VanderKam, James C.
Viracocha, Kon-Tiki
von Dechend, Hertha
Vyse, Howard
W
Watchers
Wegener, Alfred
Well of Souls
West, Allen
West, John Anthony
Westcar Papyrus
Wickramasinghe, Chandra
Wild Nile
winter solstice
The Wise Man
Wood, Robert
X
Xenophon
Y
Yardimci, Nurettin
Yima
Younger Dryas comet impact
Younger Dryas period
Z
Zend Avesta
Zep Tepi
Zeus
Zisudra/Xisouthros
Zivie-Coche, Christiane
zodiacal constellations
Zoroastrian legend
Photo and Graphics Credits:
Photo credits:
All photos by Santha Faiia except:
Plates 1 and 62, Nico Becker, German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department.
Plate 7, Klaus Schmidt, German Archaeological Institute, Orient Department.
Plate 41: Daniel Lohmann who was also the excavator of the column drum.
The astronomical interpretations of Pillar 43 at Gobekli Tepe, Plates 50 and 51, were rendered in graphic form by Luke Hancock.
Graphics credits:
Camron Wiltshire (www.sacredgeometryinternational.com): Figures here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here (with Randall Carlson), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here through here (with Afua Richardson), here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here.
Afu
a Richardson: Figures here, here (top row), here (with Luke Hancock), here (with Luke Hancock), here, here through here (with Camron Wiltshire), here (with Luke Hancock).
Luke Hancock: Figures here, here, here (with Afua Richardson), here (with Afua Richardson), here (with Afua Richardson), here, here.
Michael Mauldin: Figures here, here (lower row, right), here, here, here.
Samuel Parker: Figures here, here (lower row, left)
Pon S. Purajatnika: Figure here.
About the Author
Graham Hancock is the author of major international nonfiction bestsellers, including The Sign and the Seal and Fingerprints of the Gods. His books have sold more than seven million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty languages. He is well-known for his public lectures, radio and TV appearances—including the TV series Quest For The Lost Civilization and Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age—and strong presence on the Internet. He resides in the United Kingdom. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Anomalies
1 “There is so much mystery here…”
2 The Mountain of Light
Part II
Comet
3 A Wall of Green Water Destroying Everything in Its Path …
4 Journey Through the Scablands
5 Nanodiamonds Are Forever
6 Fingerprints of a Comet
Part III
Sages
7 The Fire Next Time
8 The Antediluvians
Part IV
Resurrection
9 Island of the Ka
10 Monastery of the Seven Sages
11 The Books of Thoth
Part V
Stones
12 Baalbek
13 And Then Came the Deluge …
Part VI
Stars
14 The Gates of the Sun
15 The Place of Creation
16 Written in the Stars
Part VII
Distance
17 Mountain
18 Ocean
Part VIII
Closure
19 The Next Lost Civilization?
Photographs
Appendix
References
Index
Photo and Graphics Credits
About the Author
Copyright
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