Graham Hancock

It was an ever-present reality. It was impossible to avoid it. That is why it's so crazy to say that the phenomenon like precession wasn't discovered until the Greeks about 2,200 years ago, because the ancients were living with those skies for thousands and thousands of years before, and they were paying very close attention to them. There's strong evidence that the constellations of the zodiac...

It was an ever-present reality. It was impossible to avoid it. That is why it's so crazy to say that the phenomenon like precession wasn't discovered until the Greeks about 2,200 years ago, because the ancients were living with those skies for thousands and thousands of years before, and they were paying very close attention to them. There's strong evidence that the constellations of the zodiac...

were not inventions of the Greeks either. I mean, in a sense, the constellations aren't inventions because they happen to be on the path of the sun. The zodiac are the constellations which roughly are in the place in the sky that the sun occupies through the course of the year. That's why we see them.

were not inventions of the Greeks either. I mean, in a sense, the constellations aren't inventions because they happen to be on the path of the sun. The zodiac are the constellations which roughly are in the place in the sky that the sun occupies through the course of the year. That's why we see them.

were not inventions of the Greeks either. I mean, in a sense, the constellations aren't inventions because they happen to be on the path of the sun. The zodiac are the constellations which roughly are in the place in the sky that the sun occupies through the course of the year. That's why we see them.

But there's increasing evidence that the Greeks inherited that and that the knowledge was very early and it may well go back into the upper Paleolithic. There's this incredible figure of Taurus in the Hall of Bulls at Lascaux Cave in France, one of those cave paintings, which shows the stars of the Pleiades above the shoulder of the bull exactly where they should be.

But there's increasing evidence that the Greeks inherited that and that the knowledge was very early and it may well go back into the upper Paleolithic. There's this incredible figure of Taurus in the Hall of Bulls at Lascaux Cave in France, one of those cave paintings, which shows the stars of the Pleiades above the shoulder of the bull exactly where they should be.

But there's increasing evidence that the Greeks inherited that and that the knowledge was very early and it may well go back into the upper Paleolithic. There's this incredible figure of Taurus in the Hall of Bulls at Lascaux Cave in France, one of those cave paintings, which shows the stars of the Pleiades above the shoulder of the bull exactly where they should be.

Well, again, you have the official position on this and you have the unofficial position. What's the official position? Well, the official position is that it's something that developed during the time of the late Mesopotamians and the Greeks. This notion that somehow there was a connection between the events in the sky and what happens to us. But I think it's much older than that.

Well, again, you have the official position on this and you have the unofficial position. What's the official position? Well, the official position is that it's something that developed during the time of the late Mesopotamians and the Greeks. This notion that somehow there was a connection between the events in the sky and what happens to us. But I think it's much older than that.

Well, again, you have the official position on this and you have the unofficial position. What's the official position? Well, the official position is that it's something that developed during the time of the late Mesopotamians and the Greeks. This notion that somehow there was a connection between the events in the sky and what happens to us. But I think it's much older than that.

I think the idea that the sky in some way determines our destinies is a very ancient idea, not a recent idea. And it kind of makes sense. I mean, it's weird to think this. I don't mean to be selfish to the human race, but we would not be here. No human beings would be here if it were not for that whole vast universe out there. It would be wrong to say that the universe exists so that we can be.

I think the idea that the sky in some way determines our destinies is a very ancient idea, not a recent idea. And it kind of makes sense. I mean, it's weird to think this. I don't mean to be selfish to the human race, but we would not be here. No human beings would be here if it were not for that whole vast universe out there. It would be wrong to say that the universe exists so that we can be.

I think the idea that the sky in some way determines our destinies is a very ancient idea, not a recent idea. And it kind of makes sense. I mean, it's weird to think this. I don't mean to be selfish to the human race, but we would not be here. No human beings would be here if it were not for that whole vast universe out there. It would be wrong to say that the universe exists so that we can be.

But the fact is we would not be. We're part of that huge cosmos. And you're right. It's forgetting that we're part of the cosmos or regarding the cosmos as something that we must conquer, which is the modern mindset, which is most unhelpful.

But the fact is we would not be. We're part of that huge cosmos. And you're right. It's forgetting that we're part of the cosmos or regarding the cosmos as something that we must conquer, which is the modern mindset, which is most unhelpful.

But the fact is we would not be. We're part of that huge cosmos. And you're right. It's forgetting that we're part of the cosmos or regarding the cosmos as something that we must conquer, which is the modern mindset, which is most unhelpful.

Well, it must come from a place where we feel connected to the universe. And we feel that the universe influences us directly. Right. Not the way we look at it at the moment as sort of something out there that doesn't mean much to us, except that we're going to conquer it with spaceships. Right. You know, and go to the moon and...

Well, it must come from a place where we feel connected to the universe. And we feel that the universe influences us directly. Right. Not the way we look at it at the moment as sort of something out there that doesn't mean much to us, except that we're going to conquer it with spaceships. Right. You know, and go to the moon and...

Well, it must come from a place where we feel connected to the universe. And we feel that the universe influences us directly. Right. Not the way we look at it at the moment as sort of something out there that doesn't mean much to us, except that we're going to conquer it with spaceships. Right. You know, and go to the moon and...