Pre-history
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse
Graham Hancock’s docuseries has opened a pandora’s box
The Netflix docuseries, the Ancient Apocalypse, has stirred a hornet’s nest. Some people are calling it the “most dangerous show on Netflix.” The host of the show, Graham Hancock, has called himself a “martyr for truth,” which is a phrase he has used for years.
Graham Hancock is a well-known author in the alternative history genre. Joe Rogan featured him on his podcast. Hancock has controversial ideas on human history and the foundations of our civilization.
According to Hancock, there existed a great human civilization with amazing ancient technologies. They were destroyed during the last ice age when an asteroid hit the ice caps, causing a great deluge.
The survivors of this advanced civilization taught Egyptians, Greeks, Mayans, Hindus, and Sumerians the secrets of agriculture, building technology, and irrigation, sowing the seeds of human progress.
In Ancient Apocalypse, Hancock proposes this idea and tries to prove it with evidence of this supposedly high-tech ancient civilization. He believes mainstream archaeologists have tried to silence him, though many of his books are best sellers.
