Graham Hancock

I think this is an area where I often get criticized. But I think when we look at a civilization and what it is and what it's achieving and why it's so special… When we look at our civilization today, we are fantastic at technology. We are brilliant at science. We can make the best possible machines.

And we're a society that is built around production and consumption and a society in which people define themselves in terms of what they own, what they possess, what they produce. And it becomes a very materialistic society, a society that's focused on material things where we define ourselves by our material possessions. Ancient Egypt had a totally different focus.

And we're a society that is built around production and consumption and a society in which people define themselves in terms of what they own, what they possess, what they produce. And it becomes a very materialistic society, a society that's focused on material things where we define ourselves by our material possessions. Ancient Egypt had a totally different focus.

And we're a society that is built around production and consumption and a society in which people define themselves in terms of what they own, what they possess, what they produce. And it becomes a very materialistic society, a society that's focused on material things where we define ourselves by our material possessions. Ancient Egypt had a totally different focus.

Yeah, they were great at making material things, but that was secondary. Their main thing was material. What are we here for? Why are we living this life? What happens to us when we die? They investigated that mystery more deeply than any other culture that I know of. And they were doing so right from the beginning of records.

Yeah, they were great at making material things, but that was secondary. Their main thing was material. What are we here for? Why are we living this life? What happens to us when we die? They investigated that mystery more deeply than any other culture that I know of. And they were doing so right from the beginning of records.

Yeah, they were great at making material things, but that was secondary. Their main thing was material. What are we here for? Why are we living this life? What happens to us when we die? They investigated that mystery more deeply than any other culture that I know of. And they were doing so right from the beginning of records.

Unless there was some experience being brought to bear in it.

Unless there was some experience being brought to bear in it.

Unless there was some experience being brought to bear in it.

Well, I think first of all, it's evidence of a remote common origin of this idea. When it's found amongst cultures all around the world that apparently had no contact with one another and are often separated by hundreds or thousands of years, the same idea is found about what happens to us after death. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with

Well, I think first of all, it's evidence of a remote common origin of this idea. When it's found amongst cultures all around the world that apparently had no contact with one another and are often separated by hundreds or thousands of years, the same idea is found about what happens to us after death. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with

Well, I think first of all, it's evidence of a remote common origin of this idea. When it's found amongst cultures all around the world that apparently had no contact with one another and are often separated by hundreds or thousands of years, the same idea is found about what happens to us after death. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with

is that they've all inherited this idea and then developed it in their own ways from a remote common source. And that's one of the main reasons that I'm curious about the possibility of a lost civilization, that these spiritual ideas are found all around the world. And they involve the journey of the soul after death and a leap to the heavens.

is that they've all inherited this idea and then developed it in their own ways from a remote common source. And that's one of the main reasons that I'm curious about the possibility of a lost civilization, that these spiritual ideas are found all around the world. And they involve the journey of the soul after death and a leap to the heavens.

is that they've all inherited this idea and then developed it in their own ways from a remote common source. And that's one of the main reasons that I'm curious about the possibility of a lost civilization, that these spiritual ideas are found all around the world. And they involve the journey of the soul after death and a leap to the heavens.

Sometimes it's called an underworld, but really it's set in the sky. And this journey that takes place where you are judged on what you've done with your life. This is something else that we avoid in the world today is taking responsibility for our own lives. The ancient Egyptians required you to take responsibility for your life.

Sometimes it's called an underworld, but really it's set in the sky. And this journey that takes place where you are judged on what you've done with your life. This is something else that we avoid in the world today is taking responsibility for our own lives. The ancient Egyptians required you to take responsibility for your life.

Sometimes it's called an underworld, but really it's set in the sky. And this journey that takes place where you are judged on what you've done with your life. This is something else that we avoid in the world today is taking responsibility for our own lives. The ancient Egyptians required you to take responsibility for your life.

And if you did not do so, the outcome after death would not be good. You had to... you had to celebrate the gift of life. You had to realize the incredible gift that you had been given. And one of the opportunities of that gift is the opportunity to accumulate wisdom. And that's one of the things, hopefully, that we all do as we get older, is get a bit more wisdom and a bit more understanding.