Graham Hancock sways precariously from solid logic to wild assumption in what is a well shot, we'll edited and, in places, an informative if not slighlty long winded documentary of the argument on the date of the birth of human civilisation.
The series will take you all over the globe where stunning natural landscape shots paired with CGI will leave you visually in awe at times. It is however marred somewhat by Hancock himself, who all too often comes across as slighty crass, dismissive even condescending. Traits he accuses the archeological establishment of from the very first episode.
There are so many theories in this documentary where the lone facts that are meant to prop them up are simply not explained, supported or in many cases lack a single shred of evidence. That said, there are some extremely compelling pieces of information that suggest mainstream academia have indeed miscalculated the birth of civilisation and ancient data does show that humans did record the Younger Dryas, survived it, and even learned from it.
Intrigued? It's worth a watch if you have the time but you could also save yourself three hours and Google the latest papers on the Younger Dryas. It will however confirm one of Hancocks theories, ancient civilations all over the planet refer to that cataclysmic event with astonishing accuracy that was passed down to generations over an inconceivable amount of time. Quite astonishing. 6.8.
The series will take you all over the globe where stunning natural landscape shots paired with CGI will leave you visually in awe at times. It is however marred somewhat by Hancock himself, who all too often comes across as slighty crass, dismissive even condescending. Traits he accuses the archeological establishment of from the very first episode.
There are so many theories in this documentary where the lone facts that are meant to prop them up are simply not explained, supported or in many cases lack a single shred of evidence. That said, there are some extremely compelling pieces of information that suggest mainstream academia have indeed miscalculated the birth of civilisation and ancient data does show that humans did record the Younger Dryas, survived it, and even learned from it.
Intrigued? It's worth a watch if you have the time but you could also save yourself three hours and Google the latest papers on the Younger Dryas. It will however confirm one of Hancocks theories, ancient civilations all over the planet refer to that cataclysmic event with astonishing accuracy that was passed down to generations over an inconceivable amount of time. Quite astonishing. 6.8.