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Session 2: Is the House of History Built on Foundations of Sand? Graham Hancock A Magical Mystery Tour

In Session 2 of Graham Hancock’s “Magical Mystery Tour” Gaia+ at GaiaSphere, he delves into recovering Earth’s lost civilization and reawakening to consciousness. Established theories about the emergence of civilization cite the invention of agriculture and monumental architecture at precisely 11,600 years ago – immediately after a world-changing cataclysm that we now have evidence for. Yet the cataclysm itself is not considered by archaeologists seeking to explain the origins of civilization. What the record attests, Graham Hancock argues, is not the sudden "invention" of new and previously unknown skills, but a transfer of technology to hunter-gatherers from the survivors of a more advanced "lost" civilization. These survivors travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning, settling at key locations where new archeological discoveries are now being unearthed – Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific - where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia.

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A Magical Mystery Tour

In Session 1 of Graham Hancock’s “Magical Mystery Tour” Gaia+ at GaiaSphere, the acclaimed journalist and author introduces his decades of research and experiences into the magic and the mysteries of ancient Egypt.

In Session 2 of Graham Hancock’s “Magical Mystery Tour” Gaia+ at GaiaSphere, he delves into recovering Earth’s lost civilization and reawakening to consciousness.

In Session 3 of Graham Hancock's “Magical Mystery Tour” Gaia+ at GaiaSphere he explores how he went from being controversial with archaeologists to becoming overwhelmingly vindicated by recent discoveries.

This session of Graham Hancock's "Magical Mystery Tour" Gaia+ at GaiaSphere allowed members of the audience to engage through a question-and-answer session.

Graham Hancock writes fiction as well as non-fiction and in Session 4 of his “Magical Mystery Tour” Gaia+ at Gaiasphere, he will introduce the fascinating research that led him to War God, his series of epic adventure novels about the Spanish Conquest of Mexico.

In Session 5 of the "Magical Mystery Tour" Gaia+ in GaiaSphere, Graham Hancock explores Gnosticism, good and evil, the Great Pyramid, the mystery of death, altered states of consciousness, and parallel dimensions,

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No, There Wasn't an Advanced Civilization 12,000 Years Ago

Did an advanced civilization disappear more than 12,000 years ago?

By Michael Shermer

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Graham Hancock is an audacious autodidact who believes that long before ancient Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Egypt there existed an even more glorious civilization. One so thoroughly wiped out by a comet strike around 12,000 years ago that nearly all evidence of its existence vanished, leaving only the faintest of traces, including, Hancock thinks, a cryptic warning that such a celestial catastrophe could happen to us. All this is woven into a narrative entitled Magicians of the Gods (Thomas Dunne Books, 2015). I listened to the audio edition read by the author, whose British accent and breathless, revelatory storytelling style are confessedly compelling. But is it true? I'm skeptical.

First, no matter how devastating an extraterrestrial impact might be, are we to believe that after centuries of flourishing every last tool, potsherd, article of clothing, and, presumably from an advanced civilization, writing, metallurgy and other technologies—not to mention trash—was erased? Inconceivable.

Second, Hancock's impact hypothesis comes from scientists who first proposed it in 2007 as an explanation for the North American megafaunal extinction around that time and has been the subject of vigorous scientific debate. It has not fared well. In addition to the lack of any impact craters determined to have occurred around that time anywhere in the world, the radiocarbon dates of the layer of carbon, soot, charcoal, nanodiamonds, microspherules and iridium, asserted to have been the result of this catastrophic event, vary widely before and after the megafaunal extinction, anywhere from 14,000 to 10,000 years ago. Further, although 37 mammal genera went extinct in North America (while most other species survived and flourished), at the same time 52 mammal genera went extinct in South America, presumably not caused by the impact. These extinctions, in fact, were timed with human arrival, thereby supporting the more widely accepted overhunting hypothesis.

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Third, Hancock grounds his case primarily in the argument from ignorance (because scientists cannot explain X, then Y is a legitimate theory) or the argument from personal incredulity (because I cannot explain X, then my Y theory is valid). This is the type of “God of the gaps” reasoning that creationists employ, only in Hancock's case the gods are the “magicians” who brought us civilization. The problem here is twofold: (1) scientists do have good explanations for Hancock's X's (for example, the pyramids, the Great Sphinx), even if they are not in total agreement, and (2) ultimately one's theory must rest on positive evidence in favor of it, not just negative evidence against accepted theories.

Hancock's biggest X is Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, with its megalithic, T-shaped seven- to 10-ton stone pillars cut and hauled from limestone quarries and dated to around 11,000 years ago, when humans lived as hunter-gatherers without, presumably, the know-how, skills and labor to produce them. Ergo, Hancock concludes, “at the very least it would mean that some as yet unknown and unidentified people somewhere in the world, had already mastered all the arts and attributes of a high civilization more than twelve thousand years ago in the depths of the last Ice Age and had sent out emissaries around the world to spread the benefits of their knowledge.” This sounds romantic, but it is the bigotry of low expectations. Who is to say what hunter-gatherers are or are not capable of doing? Plus, Göbekli Tepe was a ceremonial religious site, not a city—there is no evidence that anyone lived there. Moreover, there are no domesticated animal bones, no metal tools, no inscriptions or writing, and not even pottery—all products that much later “high civilizations” produced.

Fourth, Hancock has spent decades in his vision quest to find the sages who brought us civilization. Yet decades of searching have failed to produce enough evidence to convince archaeologists that the standard timeline of human history needs major revision. Hancock's plaint is that mainstream science is stuck in a uniformitarian model of slow, gradual change and so cannot accept a catastrophic explanation.

Not true. From the origin of the universe (big bang), to the origin of the moon (big collision), to the origin of lunar craters (meteor strikes), to the demise of the dinosaurs (asteroid impact), to the numerous sudden downfalls of civilizations documented by Jared Diamond in his 2005 book Collapse , catastrophism is alive and well in mainstream science. The real magicians are the scientists who have worked this all out.

The Frontera Tour

Since 2017, Franklin Graham has held evangelistic outreach tours in 77 cities across 28 states and preached the Gospel to more than 570,000 people. Most importantly, these tours have helped over 34,000 people decide to follow Jesus Christ.

In 2024, the God Loves You Frontera Tour is coming to ten cities along the Southern border of the United States, stretching from Texas to California. Each of these one-night events will feature music from Marcos Witt, with special guest, Taya, and a message by Franklin Graham, who will give attendees an opportunity to surrender their lives to Jesus.

To see previous God Loves You Tour locations and watch a recap video of a previous tour, visit the Past Tour Events Page .

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Franklin Graham is the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and Samaritan's Purse. He is the oldest son of the late Billy and Ruth Graham. Like his father, Franklin Graham has devoted his life to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His first evangelistic event with BGEA was held in 1989. He has spent the past three decades spreading the Good News, holding evangelistic Festivals across the U.S. and around the world.

Franklin Graham’s Decision America Tour made headlines in 2016 when he visited all 50 U.S. capitals, challenging Christians to stay rooted in Biblical principles and to pray earnestly for America. Since then, he has continued to hold evangelistic tours, drawing more than 570,000 people to Christ-centered events in Tennessee, Texas, California, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, North Carolina, Florida, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Virginia, Maryland and Minnesota.

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Brien has explored more than 90 countries but his true passion is researching and writing about the ancient megalithic works found in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, Easter Island, Egypt, England, and beyond. His 23 books are available on this website & amazon.com . He has appeared 15 times on the Ancient Aliens television series as well as numerous other TV and radio presentations. Brien's popular Youtube channel contains more than 850 videos related to hidden history and megalithic sites.

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For more information on matters discussed during the recent debate between Graham Hancock and archaeologist Flint Dibble on the Joe Rogan Experience, 16th April 2024, check out the following, all newly published:

• Re: Gobekli Tepe: https://grahamhancock.com /hancockg23/
• Re: Gunung Padang: https://grahamhancock.com /natawidjajadh1/ . And see also US geologist Tristan Childress speaking out on the injustice that has been done to Indonesian geologist Danny Hilman Natawidjaja and his team: https://youtu.be/rhDyA-PcNq0
• Re: the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis: https://grahamhancock.com /youngm2/
• Older: Response to the open letter from the Society for American Archaeology calling for Graham's Netflix docuseries Ancient Apocalypse to be labelled as "science fiction": https://grahamhancock.com /hancockg22-saa/
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Recent research published in the journal Drug Science, Policy and Law challenges the common belief that childhood trauma affects the experience of ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic. Surprisingly, the study finds no connection between prior childhood trauma and the intensity of challenges faced when under the influence of ayahuasca.

Scientists have identified one of the oldest known stars outside the Milky Way. The discovery, reported in March in the journal Nature Astronomy , has uncovered a relic from the early days of the universe in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way — and it’s revealing the conditions from a time before the sun even existed.

A new study, led by the University of Oxford and MIT, has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth’s magnetic field and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth today. The findings have been published in the Journal of Geophysical Research . Without its magnetic field, life on Earth would not be possible…

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1. History's Mysteries (1994–1998) Episode: Genesis in Stone

Documentary

The Giza Pyramids are the last remaining wonder of the Ancient World and continue to be its greatest enigma. Authors Bauval and Hancock combine for a groundbreaking quest, their exciting ... See full summary  »

Director: Roel Oostra | Stars: Robert Bauval , Vivien Davis , E. Edwards , Graham Hancock

2. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– ) Graham Hancock & Flint Dibble (2024 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | Comedy, Talk-Show

Stars: Joe Rogan , Graham Hancock , Flint Dibble

3. Subcutaneous (2022– ) Graham Hancock (The Propaganda War) (2023 Podcast Episode)

Stars: Russell Brand , Graham Hancock

4. Andrew Schulz's Flagrant 2 with Akaash Singh (2017– ) Graham Hancock: Banned From Pyramids, Joe Rogan Debate, and Antarctica's Hidden Jungle (2023 Podcast Episode)

176 min | Talk-Show

Stars: Graham Hancock , Andrew Schulz

5. Midnight's Edge (2015– ) Episode: Graham Hancock: The ANOMALIES in History, our Forgotten Past and the Establishment BACKLASH (2023)

TV-14 | Documentary

Much to the dismay of many in both the media and in high positions within the field of archeology, Graham Hancock's 2022 Netflix series "Ancient Apocalypse" was a smash hit with audiences ... See full summary  »

Stars: Andre Einherjar , Graham Hancock

6. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– ) Graham Hancock (2023 Podcast Episode)

Graham Hancock is a researcher, journalist, and author of over a dozen books including "Magicians of the Gods" and "Visionary." He can be seen on the Netflix series, "Ancient Apocalypse."

Stars: Graham Hancock , Joe Rogan

7. Ancient Apocalypse (2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, History

What if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of years ago.

Stars: Graham Hancock , Joe Rogan , Martin Sweatman , Randall Carlson

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8. Stay Free with Russell Brand (2022 Podcast Series)

Russell Brand brings you the stories the mainstream media won't tell you, unusual takes on the stories they will tell you and he'll show you just how stupid they are. Join him every weekday... See full summary  »

Stars: Russell Brand , Gareth , Will Jordan , Tucker Carlson

9. Subcutaneous (2022 Podcast Series)

Subcutaneous is a talk show with Russell Brand that tells the truth about current events and propaganda.

Stars: Russell Brand , Glenn Greenwald , John Campbell , Tim Robbins

10. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Once There Was a Flood (2022)

TV-MA | 32 min | Documentary, History

In his quest to find traces of an advanced, lost civilization of the Ice Age, host Graham Hancock travels to Indonesia to investigate a megalithic pyramid that appears to date back to the ... See full summary  »

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Ali Akbar , Danny Hilman Natawidjaja , Joe Rogan

11. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Survivor in a Time of Chaos (2022)

TV-MA | 33 min | Documentary, History

Graham's quest takes him to Mexico's ancient pyramids, to explore the tradition of Quetzalcoatl, the "Civilizing Hero" who showed up after the Great Flood to teach humanity the ways of civilization.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Joe Rogan , Geoffrey McCafferty , Marco Vigato

12. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Sirius Rising (2022)

TV-MA | 31 min | Documentary, History

Graham heads to Malta, whose mysterious megalithic temples not only possibly date back to the end of the last Ice Age, but also demonstrate an advanced knowledge of astronomy.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Katya Stroud , Anton Mifsud , Lenie Reedijk

13. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Ghosts of a Drowned World (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, History

Graham explores a mysterious underwater megalithic structure off the coast of the Bahamas, which, if man-made, must date back to the Ice Age. Could an ancient civilization have mapped the world's oceans thousands of years ago?

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Michael Haley , Kyle Dufault , Michael Shermer

14. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Legacy of the Sages (2022)

Graham takes us to the site of Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, where civilization was mysteriously "rebooted" after the last Ice Age, and where the animals carved into the pillars may mark the date of an Ancient Apocalypse.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Necmi Karul , Martin Sweatman

15. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: America's Lost Civilization (2022)

Graham heads to America, to investigate its mysterious ancient mounds that show a sophisticated knowledge of astronomy. Does the ancient "Serpent Mound" in Ohio suggest a date for the Ancient Apocalypse - and what caused it?

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Mark Brink Jr. , Jeff Wilson

16. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: A Fatal Winter (2022)

TV-MA | 28 min | Documentary, History

Graham explores the underground "cities" of ancient Turkey, which may have actually been "bunkers" designed to survive a potential threat from above.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Sevim Tunçdemir , Hüsam Süleymangil

17. Ancient Apocalypse (2022) Episode: Cataclysm and Rebirth (2022)

In America, Graham explores the shattered landscape of the Channel Scablands - and a new hypothesis which suggests what might have destroyed an Ancient Advanced Civilization.

Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Graham Hancock , Randall Carlson , Allen West , Martin Sweatman

18. Stay Free with Russell Brand (2022– ) We've Been Lied To About Our History (SEASON FINALE!) (2022 Podcast Episode)

19. ancient aliens (2009– ) episode: top ten mysterious sites (2021).

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

Ancient Aliens is counting down the world's top ten most mysterious sites, from the towering Moai statues of Easter Island to the enormous megalithic blocks of Stonehenge to the precision ... See full summary  »

Director: Jon A. Levy | Stars: Giorgio A. Tsoukalos , Nick Redfern , Erich von Däniken , Paul Bahn

20. Elo Veut Savoir (2020– )

Stars: Éloïse Boies , Idriss J. Aberkane , Buck Angel , Horacio Arruda

21. Journeys to the Edge of Consciousness (2019)

87 min | Documentary, Animation, Adventure

Explore three psychedelic trips by three world-famous authors that together changed them, and Western culture, forever. Let go and be taken on an animated journey into the depths of the ... See full summary  »

Director: Rob Harper | Stars: Rick Doblin , Amanda Feilding , Graham Hancock , Holly Harman

22. Chasing the Present (2019)

95 min | Documentary

A materially successful young man, riddled with anxiety embarks on a worldwide journey of self inquiry, uncovering deep truths about who and what he is.

Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Prem Baba , Russell Brand , Joseph Goldstein , Alex Grey

23. The Medicine (2019)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

Can an ancient Amazonian plant medicine help heal mankind? The Medicine reveals the hidden mysteries of one of nature's most powerful and controversial healing remedies- Ayahuasca. It is a ... See full summary  »

Director: Farzin Toussi | Stars: Taita Juanito Guillermo Chindoy Chindoy , Kerry Rhodes , AnnaLynne McCord , Graham Hancock

24. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– ) Graham Hancock (2019 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 165 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as "Fingerprints Of The Gods" and "Magicians of the Gods". His new book is called "America Before".

Stars: Joe Rogan , Graham Hancock

25. London Real (2011– ) Episode: Graham Hancock - America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization (2019)

Stars: Graham Hancock , Brian Rose

26. Psychedelica (2018–2021)

Uncover psychedelic plants' impact in a groundbreaking series. Experts discuss politics, drawbacks, and settings. From shamanic roots to modern awakenings, explore how sacred medicine expands consciousness and influences humanity.

Stars: Richard Evans Schultes , Roland Griffiths , Rick Strassman , Michael Winkelman

27. Psyched Out (2018)

84 min | Documentary

A documentary exploring plant medicines and psychedelics, with an attempt to show a different perspective than the current mainstream narrative. Some of them used for thousands of years as ... See full summary  »

Director: Giovanni Bartolomeo | Stars: Giovanni Bartolomeo , Rick Doblin , Graham Hancock , Elliot Hulse

28. Ancient Civilizations (2017– ) Episode: Ancient Cave Systems of the Four Corners (2018)

TV-G | 32 min | History, Mystery

In this episode of Ancient Civilizations, our experts try to unlock the secrets underlying the Four Corners region to offer a retelling of human history with extraterrestrial connections.

Stars: Gregg Braden , William Bramley , Billy Carson , Andrew Collins

29. Ancient Civilizations (2017– )

TV-G | History, Mystery

Explore ancient sites and delve deeper into the forgotten codes hidden throughout ancient mythology to unlock new understanding of humanity's origins.

Stars: Gregg Braden , Graham Hancock , David Wilcock , Andrew Collins

30. Andrew Schulz's Flagrant 2 with Akaash Singh (2017 Podcast Series)

Flagrant 2 is a comedy podcast that delivers unfiltered, unapologetic, and unruly hot takes directly to your dome piece. In an era dictated by political correctness, hosts Andrew Schulz and... See full summary  »

Stars: Andrew Schulz , Akaash Singh , Shane Gillis , Jessa Rhodes

31. The Joe Rogan Experience (2009– ) Graham Hancock, Randall Carlson & Michael Shermer (2017 Podcast Episode)

TV-MA | 215 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as "Fingerprints Of The Gods" and his latest book "Magicians of the Gods". Randall Carlson is a master builder ... See full summary  »

Stars: Randall Carlson , Marc Defant , Graham Hancock , Joe Rogan

32. Ancient Civilizations (2017– ) Episode: Lost Cities Beneath the Ocean (2017)

TV-G | 24 min | History, Mystery

Arcane accounts from Egypt, Greece, Rome and Sumeria tell startling similar stories of the oceanic destruction of advanced ancient civilizations which are being rediscovered.

Stars: Robert Bauval , Gregg Braden , Jack Cary , Andrew Collins

33. Ancient Civilizations (2017– ) Episode: Gnostic Origins (2017)

TV-G | 26 min | History, Mystery

Our exploration of ancient civilizations continues as we to illuminate the gnostic worldview.

Stars: Gregg Braden , William Bramley , Billy Carson , Jack Cary

34. London Real (2011– ) Episode: Graham Hancock - Magicians of the Gods (2016)

35. the joe rogan experience (2009– ) graham hancock & randall carlson (2016 podcast episode).

TV-MA | 218 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Graham Hancock is an English author and journalist, well known for books such as "Fingerprints of the Gods" and his latest book "Magicians of the Gods" is available now. Randall Carlson is ... See full summary  »

Stars: Randall Carlson , Graham Hancock , Joe Rogan

36. Disclosure (2015–2019)

Since the dawn of time, the advancement of human civilization has been guided by an invisible hand. These unseen forces are interwoven throughout the fabric of every major institution, so ... See full summary  »

Stars: David Wilcock , Pete Peterson , Steven M. Greer , Jay Weidner

37. Midnight's Edge (2015– )

Welcome to Midnight's Edge, the channel devoted to analysis and intelligent discussion of your favorite stories and characters, as well as their various film and TV adaptions.

Stars: Tom Connors , Andre Einherjar , Clobberin' Times , Nick Weiser

38. Time Is Art: Synchronicity and the Collective Dream (2015)

88 min | Documentary

"Time is Art" is ultimately the story of an artist's search for inspiration in a money-driven society that shuns creativity, and of the human search for meaning in a seemingly meaningless world.

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Despite repeated attacks from respected Egyptologists, Robert Bauval's Orion Correlation theory has withstood years of criticism and scrutiny. Graham Hancock continues to challenge orthodox... See full summary  »

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43. Ancient Aliens (2009– ) Episode: The Shamans (2014)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

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44. Ancient Aliens (2009– ) Episode: Alien Transports (2014)

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The Ancient Absurdities of Ancient Apocalypse

A netflix show for “free thinkers” promotes a whole lot of bunk. it’s hugely popular..

Netflix’s new hit Ancient Apocalypse is an odd duck: a docuseries filmed in many gorgeous and historic locations (Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, … uh, Ohio) that advances a provocative thesis aimed furiously at a single academic discipline. The argument is essentially this: The authorities who study human prehistory are ignoring—or covering up—the true foundations of the world as we know it today. And the consequences could be catastrophic.

Graham Hancock, the journalist who hosts the series, returns again and again to his anger at this state of affairs and his status as an outsider to “mainstream archaeology,” his assessment of how terrible “mainstream archaeology” is about accepting new theories, and his insistence that there’s all this evidence out there but “mainstream archaeologists” just won’t look for it . His bitter disposition, I’m sure, accounts for some of the interest in this show. Hancock, a fascinating figure with an interesting past as a left-leaning foreign correspondent, has for decades been elaborating variations on this thinking: Humans, as he says in the docuseries, have “amnesia” about our past. An “advanced” society that existed around 12,000 years ago was extinguished when the climate changed drastically in a period scientists call the Younger Dryas . Before dying out completely, this civilization sent out emissaries to the corners of the world, spreading knowledge, including building techniques that can be found in use at many ancient sites, and sparking the creation of mythologies that are oddly similar the world over. It’s important for us to think about this history, Hancock adds, because we also face impending cataclysm. It is a warning.

Scientists, Hancock says, don’t want to believe any of this because they don’t like to think about mythology or astronomy, both of which he often uses to prove his points. Coming to terms with this paradigm shift would also rock the foundations of their discipline. Hancock, scientists say, doesn’t understand how eagerly they’d leap at this evidence if it really existed, in an empirical and reproducible form. (As archaeologist Carl Feagans writes in a review of Ancient Apocalypse , “Every single archaeologist I know would be elated to discover any previously unknown civilization of the Ice Age. Or any age for that matter.”)

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One of the oddest aspects of Ancient Apocalypse is how largely absent these nasty mainstream archaeologists are from its run time. Joe Rogan, who has had Hancock on his podcast multiple times, makes a few appearances, lauding Hancock’s free-thinking ways. The other talking heads are either pro-Hancock or edited to look that way. Michael Shermer, of Skeptic magazine, who debated Hancock on Rogan’s show in 2017, merits a 20-second appearance in which he manages to get across one single argument against Hancock’s theory: “If this civilization existed, where are their trash heaps, where are their homes, where are their stone tools or metal tools, where is the writing?” That’s it—then back to Hancock, the “just asking questions,” the rancor.

John Hoopes , an archaeologist at the University of Kansas, is one of the mainstream archaeologist naysayers of the kind Hancock targets without naming. Hoopes has often written about the history of alternative and pseudoarchaeology, and about Hancock himself; his Twitter feed has been full, over the past week, with conversation between academic archaeologists about the specific claims in Ancient Apocalypse .

I called him to ask what people who aren’t up to speed with Hancock’s work should know if they watch this show. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

Rebecca Onion: What can you say about the difference between the way academic archaeology approaches evidence and how Graham Hancock does?

John Hoopes: Graham Hancock is not and does not want to be seen as a scientist or a historian. He is coming from a metaphysical place. He’s inspired by Western esoterica. For him, the significance of a lot of this information is sort of intuitive and is confirmed to him through his personal revelatory experiences.

There’s a TEDx presentation he did back in 2013 , called “The War on Consciousness,” in which he explained that he had been smoking cannabis daily for 25 years and finally stopped using it because he had an ayahuasca experience and found that it was a more meaningful and revelatory experience than his daily use of cannabis. [ This TEDx talk sparked controversy within the TED organization after it went up on YouTube, described here . ] So, if it seems like, in watching the show, his perspective has been influenced by drugs, it’s because it has.

It’s important to understand that it’s coming from a very subjective place. It’s kind of the opposite of what science strives to do. It’s coming from his personal conviction of what reality and the truth are. Problem is, he often frames it in such a way that people think he’s presenting something scientific when he’s not. But once you realize that he’s got a metaphysical goal, not a scientific one, it’s easier to place.

He says throughout Ancient Apocalypse that he doesn’t want to be thought of as a scientist but an “investigative journalist.”

Something that you would know, as a journalist, is that he is doing the opposite of what journalists have been accused of, which is both-sidesing things. He is definitely one-sidesing this. He’s not even trying to present alternative interpretations, or what the experts disagree on, or any information that contradicts what his own personal subjective belief is. And in that respect, it’s much more like religious discourse. He’s coming from a position of New Age spirituality, which is not something we recognize as a formal religion, but it is a very real thing in American society.

It feels like the anger toward what Hancock calls “mainstream archaeology” in Ancient Apocalypse is intense. In the episode on Serpent Mound , near where I live in Ohio, he had himself filmed standing in the parking lot, outside the closed gates, reading the email from the people who manage the site and who declined to allow the project to be filmed there because of Hancock’s association with it. The music behind that scene is so dramatic. Has this animosity toward the mainstream always been part of his work?

Yes, and this is what authors in alternative archaeology have done since the 19 th century, when the Theosophical Society was founded. One of the founders, Helena Blavatsky, goes on and on about the scientists and the establishment. Hancock draws from that literature of 100 years ago or more; that’s been present in his work since at least his book Fingerprints of the Gods , which is from 1995.

Something else that I noticed is that in the second episode, there’s an archaeologist named Geoffrey McCafferty, the one who gives Graham Hancock a tour of the Cholula pyramid in Mexico. Geoff is a former graduate student of mine. I’ve known him since 1988. He’s an amazing archaeologist, and Geoff has, for as long as I’ve known him, for over 30 years, been absolutely passionate about Cholula. If you pay careful attention to how they edited what he was saying in the second episode, his enthusiasm for Cholula is actually kind of shifted into what seems like an enthusiasm for what Hancock is saying.

Here’s something else that happens in the second episode. The first person he talks to is Geoff, on this tour of Cholula, but the second person who he talks to, who takes him to a couple of different sites? This is a guy named Marco Vigato, who last year published a book on the lost continent of Atlantis called The Empires of Atlantis , which is one of the most white supremacist, racist books that I have ever seen. He’s not an archaeologist; he’s not a historian. He’s sort of an entrepreneur who has been able to get some permits to work at archaeological sites in Mexico. You could not have a more stark contrast between Geoff McCafferty, who is a highly respected qualified archaeologist, and Marco Vigato, who is basically a hack who writes very bizarre things, including this Atlantis book.

In reading up on him, I saw that Hancock once was a bit more explicit about the idea that these figures, who supposedly spread across the world to disseminate their ideas as their own civilization was dying, were white. In this series, that’s not part of things. Has he adjusted the way he presents this?

If you research Graham Hancock and look at his books over time, as I have, one of the things that you discover about him is that he self-edits. He doesn’t use the word Atlantis now except very sparingly. He has also edited himself since 1995, when, in Fingerprints of the Gods , he came out and said that it was an ancient white civilization. He no longer says the “white” part in the series. If you pay careful attention, he does talk about “heavily bearded Quetzalcoatl” who arrives, according to myth, to give the gift of knowledge, but he doesn’t mention the other part of that trope, which all of us know about, which is that this visitor supposedly had white skin.

It’s similar to the way that Donald Trump operates. He will get to the edge of something, but he won’t say it, because he knows that his followers already know it. He can say, “I didn’t say that,” and he didn’t say it, but everyone knew what he said because it was already known, right?

What’s interesting to me about this series getting super popular on Netflix is that I’m not sure what percentage of the people who are watching it know that the theory of Atlantis used to be, or sometimes still is, that kind of a theory. I think I can imagine the answer to this question: What are the stakes of this show being popular on Netflix for what our sense of what science is? It’s just more disinformation, more distrust of expertise. But what would you say are the stakes for archaeology?  

The biggest stakes right now in the United States are what happens to academic archaeology if university administrators and students and alumni begin demanding that departments of anthropology and archaeology at the university support this line of thinking.

I’ve got an interesting little story to tell you. The only time that the provost of the University of Kansas has come to talk to me in my office without an appointment of any kind was to tell me that he really wished that I would remove a negative review that I had written about a book on Atlantis on Amazon. He explained that there was an alumnus supporter of the university who had brought it to his attention. I think the author had also threatened a lawsuit on the basis of a turn of phrase I had used in the review. I removed it. The only time I’ve ever removed a review, out of deference to the provost of the university. Somebody effectively applied pressure to the provost of the university to the point where he came and spoke to a faculty member and told them to self-censor.

It’d be difficult to address each claim related to each site, one by one, in this interview, but if people want to read more on each of these matters, where should they go?

Oddly enough—and I know journalists might bristle at what I say—Wikipedia is the very best source. It’s maintained by nerds, and archaeology Wikipedia is maintained by archaeology nerds, and the articles on it are good! I have a feeling they’ll get even better because of this series, because people will want to make sure the information is in there for viewers who may be Googling it.