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Author:
Hancock, Graham, author.
Title:
Magicians of the gods : the forgotten wisdom of Earth's lost civilization / Graham Hancock.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publisher:
Thomas Dunne BooksSt. Martin's Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
509 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Lost continents.
Civilization, Ancient.
Comets--Collisions with Earth.
Other Authors:
Sequel to: Hancock, Graham. Fingerprints of the gods.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-501) and index.
Summary:
"The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning. They settled at key locations - Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these 'Magicians of the Gods' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price. A memory and a warning to the future...,"--Amazon.com.
ISBN:
1250045924 (hardback)
9781250045928 (hardback)
LCCN:
2015036690
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)
GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)
YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)

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