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Nov 21, 2022 · Netflix‘s newest series exploring lost civilisations and challenging history as we know it has unearthed a hot debate on social media. The series, ‘Ancient Apocalypse’, dropped on Netflix earlier this month and sees journalist Graham Hancock investigate archaeological phenomenons, like the pyramids, and question if there’s more to the ...
Nov 16, 2022 · In this clip, Hancock speaks to a number of faces about some of the places he visits in his new series; one of the guests goes so far as to suggest that one piece of apparent evidence is 'going to absolutely demand a rewrite of history as we know it'.
- Martin Shore
Nov 20, 2022 · Now, journalist Graham Hancock has taken a deep dive into archaeological phenomenons, like the pyramids, to understand whether there's more to the history of humans than we currently have on record. And, as one guest on the show claims, the evidence will 'demand a rewrite of history as we know it'.
- An 'Alternative' History
- Series 'Furthest from The Truth'
- Moves from The Pseudoscience Playbook
- Debunking Hancock's Claims
- 'Racist' Advanced Civilisation Myth
- Natural For History of Flooding to Be Exaggerated
In the first episode, Hancock offers up a revised version of Indo-Pacific history. "In a cold and forbidding world, this huge South East Asian landmass would have been amongst several warm and inviting locations where early humans might have had a real stab at developing an advanced and sophisticated civilisation," he says. Using two lesser-known a...
Professor Nunn says Nan Madol, in the Federated States of Micronesia's Pohnpei, was built by ancestors of present day Pohnpeians, with construction beginning about 1,000 years ago. It's been dubbed by some as the "eighth wonder of the world" and others as the "Venice of the Pacific". The reference to Venice comes from the canals that connect 93 man...
Mark McCoy, an expert in Pacific Island archaeology from the Southern Methodist University, says Ancient Apocalypse uses classic moves from the pseudoscience playbook. "The production value is high … presenting itself as sort of a factual series," he says. "Another one is, of course, to demonise the experts – 'the experts are always against me', an...
Gunung Padang is a megalithic complex built of earth and stone on an extinct volcano about 90 kilometres from Indonesia's capital Jakarta in West Java. Hancock suggests the "blocks of columnar basal", or volcanic rock, used in both Gunung Padang and Nan Madol is proof of megalith architecture from a lost civilisation. Professor McCoy points out tha...
Professor Nunn says theories about who built Nan Madol strip Indigenous peoples of their rich histories and can be traced back to "racist philosophies" and "white supremacist ideologies" of the 19th century. According to these theories, "it's simply not possible for people who were not Europeans to have built such incredible structures", he says. P...
Professor Nunn, who has written books about ancient societies lost to sea level rises, said Hancock's global flood theory is "simply a geological impossibility". He says sometimes people exaggerate details for the sake of a good story, and that this human quirk helps explain the global flood myth. "When there was a devastating flood locally, it was...
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- Hugo Hodge
Nov 18, 2022 · 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...
- Rebecca Onion
Jun 14, 2024 · Through numerous online profiles, we’ve learned that production is underway on a new season of the documentary series, with some working on the series as early as March 2023. Netflix declined to comment on this renewal.
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Nov 17, 2022 · In this eight-part Netflix original series, Graham Hancock explores his own ideas about prehistoric times and his belief that a civilization far more advanced than we could ever comprehend once walked the face of the earth.
