This is a very thorough and comprehensive book that discusses many ancient mysteries such as the Nazca lines, the pyramids, mythologies, catastrophe myths, etc.. As the title implies Hancock tries to find the common origins or fingerprints between all of these things.



The information is well researched and backed up by Hancock's experiences visiting these places and by interviews and discussions with other famous researchers like Robert Bauval.



The book includes extensive information about the relationships between the pyramids and other monuments around the world and the stars and constellations. The subject of precession is discussed heavily. The theory is the Giza necropolis was created to form a snapshot of how the stars and constellations appeared in the skies over Egypt in 10,500 BC. The age of Leo the lion.



Another main point is that gods appeared many thousands of years ago in different parts of the world and brought enlightenment to the primitive savages who were already living on earth. Just as one example Viracocha taught people how to grow cotton of many different colors without having to dye it.



He talks a lot about what Cortez and the Spanish conquistadors and zealous monks did in Mexico. I was reading about this while at a diner and I literally started to feel sick to my stomach. Sadly this is just one of the many cases of vandalism, looting, and desecration of the world's priceless and irreplaceable treasures.



Hancock also realized that the Great Pyramid was at one time a working machine like a sort of nuclear power plant or giant crystal.



I don't agree with all of the conclusions in the book though. Hancock thinks for example that the woolly mammoths went extinct almost instantly and the La Brea tar pits were created by a volcano. Him and Bauval think construction for the pyramids at Giza began in 10,500 BC but was finished 8,000 years later. That's not an intelligent thing to say really.



But the big thing I disagree with him about is his theory that Atlantis is under Antarctica.



There is probably no historical document that is more often quoted but then immediately contradicted than Plato's Atlantis story. Well guess what. Plato meant what he said. Atlantis is down under the Atlantic ocean. Hancock mentions in the references that there is no evidence whatsoever that the Egyptians ever confused months with years in their writings as some people imply to push up Plato's date for the destruction.



Atlantis was I believe destroyed as a result of black magic and sorcery and the misuse of the awesome forces that were generated inside of some sort of pyramid or temple. Plato tells us an entire continent was destroyed in about a day which isn't easy to do at all.



As far as who built the pyramids in Egypt, when, and why, Edgar Cayce stated that he himself as the Atlantean priest Ra Ta together with Thoth and Horus were involved with building these monuments back in 10,500 BC. Horus provided the sacred geometry.



Edgar Cayce was the reincarnation of the Egyptian god Osiris I believe. The ancient Egyptians associated Osiris with the super conscious mind. This apparently explains Cayce's strange ability to tap into that universal consciousness when he was put into a hypnotic state.



Jeff Marzano



Edgar Cayce's Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man



The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls: Unlocking the Secrets of the Past, Present, and Future



The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt



Fulcanelli: Master Alchemist: Le Mystere des Cathedrales, Esoteric Intrepretation of the Hermetic Symbols of The Great Work (Le Mystere Des Cathedrales ... of the Hermetic Symbols of Great Work)



Initiation



Initiation in the Great Pyramid (Astara's Library of Mystical Classics)



Edgar Cayce's Atlantis



Edgar Cayce's Atlantis and Lemuria: The Lost Civilizations in the Light of Modern Discoveries



Forbidden History: Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization



Edgar Cayce's Egypt: Psychic Revelations on the Most Fascinating Civilization Ever Known