#449 – Graham Hancock: Lost Civilization of the Ice Age & Ancient Human History

Graham Hancock a journalist and author who for over 30 years has explored the controversial possibility that there existed a lost civilization during the last Ice Age, and that it was destroyed in a global cataclysm some 12,000 years ago. He is the presenter of the Netflix documentary series “Ancient Apocalypse”, the 2nd season of which has just been released.

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EPISODE LINKS:

Graham’s Website: grahamhancock.com

Ancient Apocalypse (Season 2): netflix.com/title/81211003

Graham’s YouTube: youtube.com/GrahamHancockDotCom

Graham’s X: x.com/Graham__Hancock

Graham’s Facebook: facebook.com/Author.GrahamHancock

Fingerprints of the Gods (book): amzn.to/4eM3QXC

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(09:58) – Lost Ice Age civilization

(17:03) – Göbekli Tepe

(29:07) – Early humans

(34:07) – Astronomical symbolism

(45:36) – Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

(1:03:55) – The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx of Giza

(1:24:29) – Sahara Desert and the Amazon rainforest

(1:33:49) – Response to critics

(1:57:56) – Panspermia

(2:05:22) – Shamanism

(2:29:22) – How the Great Pyramid was built

(2:36:41) – Mortality

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