Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16117 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-11-11
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 3
• Running time: 150 minutes

Amazon.com
In this set of three videotapes, writer Graham Hancock traverses the world and explains his controversial theory that an ancient civilization, highly intelligent people who sailed the planet as early as 10,500 B.C., spread advanced astronomical knowledge and built ancient observatories. Skeptics may scoff, but Hancock earnestly points out similarities in giant stone structures in the Egyptian desert and Cambodian jungles, and on Easter Island and in Micronesia, he points out what he considers evidence of an ancient society of seafarers. His ideas may seem utterly bizarre at first, but Hancock presents them in an understated and good-natured manner, and he also makes clever use of computer graphics and aerial photography to illustrate the startling similarities in ancient structures found from the North Atlantic to the South Pacific. At times the three documentaries overlap, and at times they seem like one long program rather than three separate presentations. But throughout, Hancock raises some puzzling questions, and even if you don't buy his arguments, bolstered though they are by mathematical equations and astronomical diagrams, the Quest for the Lost Civilization is an entertaining mixture of archaeology, astronomy, and speculation. --Robert J. McNamara

From the Back Cover
Writer and adventurer Graham Hancock journeys around the world, visiting the most mysterious ancient sites and searching for the fingerprints of a lost civilization. Traveling from southern Europe to Egypt, and the Americas to Japan's Pacific Islands, Hancock uncovers astronomical and geological evidence of an advanced civilization that may have existed as early as 10,500 BC.

Customer Reviews

I am so excited Amazon carries this title!
I watched this series on public television recently and it totally blew me away. How did certain ancient cultures have mathematical knowledge that we didn't have until the 20th century? What's going on with the astronomical alignment of the Egyptian monuments? Why do the mathematical configurations of the pyramids EXACTLY match monuments in South America? And the most freaky question: why did all of these ancient cultures claim they learned this astronomical and mathematical knowledge from the Winged Dragon? I'm telling you, I started calling friends while I was watching. Believe me, it was one of the most entrancing television series I have EVER watched. I don't often feel like I need to own a video but this one I feel I'll watch over and over again. This guy is a genius. You will learn stuff that will blow your mind.

See "Monuments Of Life" and then buy every tape he's made
To really appreciate all of Mr. Hancock's materials, I recommend viewing the tape Monuments to Life, which is a lecture he gave at Leeds in 1996. In this tape he presents a wide range of his views, and shows his great insights to the ancient clues that surround us here on earth.

One of Mr. Hancock's greatest assets is his contempt for the "stories" we have been told as facts through the years, and his replacement of far more plausible explanations.

I would have to rate Mr. Handcock as a guide in the wilderness, and his insights provide a path to a far more acceptable presentation of the ancient world than any other single speaker.

While I would assume they don't welcome him in Egypt, I welcome him with open arms, and mind, because he looks and reports what he finds, not what he feels will be accepted.

NOTE: The next time you see pyramids with steps, don't think of them as being used to go up, think of them as being used to go down, and see if the picture makes more sense...

A new perspective for mankind
The series has given me deeper insight into the journey of human spirit as well as a different approach to understanding our origins. I would like to think this further and ask more questions about what the message encoded in the stone structures around the world might mean for our future on this planet. The three videos have actually made me want to learn more about astonomy and watch the skies for the stars that have been part of an ancient knowledge long forgotten. Have we been warned of a future celestial event or have we been informed of a past one? Is there a missing link that will be discovered in the future? Or is this all we have and must look at the evidence with a more open mind? These are fascinating videos and Hancock is very good at explaining complicated matters and theories in very simple terms....