Graham Hancock

There were periods of very rapid, quite significant sea level rise, and there were periods when the sea level was rising much more rapidly. much more slowly. So that 400-foot sea level rise is spread out over a period of about 10,000 years. But there are episodes within it, like Meltwater Pulse 1b, like Meltwater Pulse 1a, when the flooding was really immense.

Well, the reason that I'm talking about the gaps is I don't know where this civilization started or where it was based. All I'm seeing are clues and mysteries and puzzles that intrigue me and which suggest to me that something is missing from our past. And I'm not inclined to look for that missing something in, for example, Northern Europe.

Well, the reason that I'm talking about the gaps is I don't know where this civilization started or where it was based. All I'm seeing are clues and mysteries and puzzles that intrigue me and which suggest to me that something is missing from our past. And I'm not inclined to look for that missing something in, for example, Northern Europe.

Well, the reason that I'm talking about the gaps is I don't know where this civilization started or where it was based. All I'm seeing are clues and mysteries and puzzles that intrigue me and which suggest to me that something is missing from our past. And I'm not inclined to look for that missing something in, for example, Northern Europe.

Because Northern Europe was not a very nice place to live during the Ice Age. I mean, nobody smart would build a civilization in Northern Europe 12,000 years ago. It was a hideous, frozen wasteland. The places to look are places that were hospitable and welcoming to human beings during the Ice Age. And that, of course, includes the coastlines. that are now underwater.

Because Northern Europe was not a very nice place to live during the Ice Age. I mean, nobody smart would build a civilization in Northern Europe 12,000 years ago. It was a hideous, frozen wasteland. The places to look are places that were hospitable and welcoming to human beings during the Ice Age. And that, of course, includes the coastlines. that are now underwater.

Because Northern Europe was not a very nice place to live during the Ice Age. I mean, nobody smart would build a civilization in Northern Europe 12,000 years ago. It was a hideous, frozen wasteland. The places to look are places that were hospitable and welcoming to human beings during the Ice Age. And that, of course, includes the coastlines. that are now underwater.

Of course it includes the Sahara Desert, and of course it includes the Amazon Rainforest as well. All of these places I think are candidates for quote-unquote my lost civilization. And because I think largely from those ancient maps that it was a navigating, seafaring civilization, I suspect that it wasn't only in one place. It was probably in a number of places. And then I can only speculate.

Of course it includes the Sahara Desert, and of course it includes the Amazon Rainforest as well. All of these places I think are candidates for quote-unquote my lost civilization. And because I think largely from those ancient maps that it was a navigating, seafaring civilization, I suspect that it wasn't only in one place. It was probably in a number of places. And then I can only speculate.

Of course it includes the Sahara Desert, and of course it includes the Amazon Rainforest as well. All of these places I think are candidates for quote-unquote my lost civilization. And because I think largely from those ancient maps that it was a navigating, seafaring civilization, I suspect that it wasn't only in one place. It was probably in a number of places. And then I can only speculate.

Maybe there was a cultural value where it was felt that it was not appropriate to interfere with the lives of hunter-foragers at that time. Maybe it was felt that they should keep their distance from them. Just as even today, there is a feeling that we shouldn't be interfering too much with the uncontacted tribes in the Amazon rainforest.

Maybe there was a cultural value where it was felt that it was not appropriate to interfere with the lives of hunter-foragers at that time. Maybe it was felt that they should keep their distance from them. Just as even today, there is a feeling that we shouldn't be interfering too much with the uncontacted tribes in the Amazon rainforest.

Maybe there was a cultural value where it was felt that it was not appropriate to interfere with the lives of hunter-foragers at that time. Maybe it was felt that they should keep their distance from them. Just as even today, there is a feeling that we shouldn't be interfering too much with the uncontacted tribes in the Amazon rainforest.

Although, interestingly, some of those tribes are now using cell phones. That possibility may have been there in the past. And only when we come to a global cataclysm does it become essential to have outreach and actually to take refuge. amongst those hunter-forager populations. That is the hypothesis that I'm putting forward. I'm not claiming that it's a fact.

Although, interestingly, some of those tribes are now using cell phones. That possibility may have been there in the past. And only when we come to a global cataclysm does it become essential to have outreach and actually to take refuge. amongst those hunter-forager populations. That is the hypothesis that I'm putting forward. I'm not claiming that it's a fact.

Although, interestingly, some of those tribes are now using cell phones. That possibility may have been there in the past. And only when we come to a global cataclysm does it become essential to have outreach and actually to take refuge. amongst those hunter-forager populations. That is the hypothesis that I'm putting forward. I'm not claiming that it's a fact.

But for me, it helps to explain the evidence.

But for me, it helps to explain the evidence.

But for me, it helps to explain the evidence.

That's right. Very tiny percent. And even a tiny percent of every archaeological site has been studied by archaeologists, too. Typically, one to five percent of any archaeological site is excavated.