Underworld: Flooded Kingdoms of the Ice Age Hardcover – 8 Feb. 2002

This is a phenomenal work. The book arrived quickly and is in excellent condition. Very impressed and a great price.Hancock followed Fingerprints of the Gods with Underworld, employing the same marriage of science and the self evident to wonder what lies under the world's coastlines. Its indisputable that sea levels have risen x hundred feet since the end of the last ice age some 10,000 years ago. Yet there seems to be no real effort to develop an understanding of what civilizations existed before this time and the contributions made. Clearly, from the mythological to the geological to the architectural, there is evidence of a proto civilization in the archetype of human legends and collective memory. Sadly, there also appears to be an amnesia masking this wellspring.Building on the recent finds throughout the world, predicted in Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock fits yet another puzzle piece into the enigma of civilization- its appearing simultaneously throughout the world with alphabet, language, agriculture, medicine, science, astronomy, architecture, and highly evolved cosmologies. Hancock, like the authors of Hamlet's Mill, weave these narratives into the 'facts on the ground' (or in this case, under water).Hancock's premise requires:proof of an ancient proto civilization- done.proof of a specific period and cataclysm- done.Connecting the disparate links into a plausible, verifiable theory- done!Now if science would stop spending its energies shoring up the redoubts of their pet civilization framework, they could explore previously unconsidered aspects. Note: The current framework is based on a linear Darwinian evolution of both Man and civilization. It basically posits that Man became civilized roughly 5-7,000 years ago. The efforts to reinforce this framework, I believe, is based on the false logic that granting civilization is older effectively destroys Darwinism or otherwise empowers creationism. Both elements would hardly be the case.See Graham Hanock's latest work, Magicians of the Gods, where the aspect of who this proto civilization was is developed further. Charles Hapgood would have been proud.

Bigger than I thought it was going to be. Backed up by climate modelling, Hancock travels the world with a film crew to document underwater structures that appear man-made or altered that occupy land that was last above water before tha last ice age came to an end and the polar caps melted suddenly causing sea levels to rise over 300 feet sumberging vast amounts of otherwise prime real estate for human occupation.Also intriguing is the analysis of ancient maps that appear to show lost islands that, at the last glacial maximum would have appeared above water. Hancock writes beautifully, and accompanied by his wife's excellent photography presents the most compelling case that there must have been a technologically advanced civilisation on the planet that was wiped out by sudden catastrophic flooding some 12,000 years ago.

This like the Oppenheimer book,"Eden in the East" provides the scientific information about what the world looked like when modern humans after beinf fully modern for at least 50,000 to 10,000 years, came out of Africa because of the warming of the climate. The sea was 300 foot lowere than it is now and this meant that there were thouysands of square miles of land along beaches where they were about to walk as they were beachcombers.Knowing this is very important and knowing that mountains provided barriers that could not be crossed as they were covered in miles of ice. Hancock is not a scientist as suc, and wanders too far into the direction of mysticism and fantasy, but if fact there is alot to be said about "myths" that were based on some factual information long ago. He summons up the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata as well as the Bible for information backed up by Paleogeology and Paleoatlases as to where much of human evidence and architecture with artifacts are under the ocean where thry were inundated by water produced from vast amounts of ice from the Ice Age as it melted. This is an essential book for information as it has many useful paleo maps. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

I've had a life long passion for archaeology and even gained an honours degree in archaeology and landscape studies as a mature student. Over the years, I have developed a deep interest unexplained archaeology and long lost civilisations and this book will be particularly helpful regarding cities and cultures that have been lost as the sea levels rose over thousands of years.

2002, artefacts from the flooded cities of the gulf of cambay date back to 9,500 years ago, 5000 years older than any city so far recognized by archaeologists. wow this book blew me away it was one of the first books I purchased on amazon, what puzzled me was a statement in one of his books might have been this one, he stated basicly on the lines that there was no suppression of evidence but in another book he mentions an archaeologist on a site in the past obliterate something that was thousands of years old !!! this book had me hooked along with fingerprints of the gods, etc, I love these books that challenge orthodox history, alternative archaeology, if this is your thing then get it in your collection of books, you will read these more than once.

The implications of this thoroughly dedicated publication are profound; it is a wonder that it is a book less revered than Fingerprints and Sign.Specifically, it furthers the overwhelming evidence of a cataclysmic flood event (approx. 12,000yrs ago), and focuses on areas which have in recent years come under unavoidable attention (sadly because of receding waters of pre-tsunami waves) off the coast in India (Bay of Cambay) and Japan (Yonaguni). Not to mention Alexandria (Sidi Gaber), which would cause deniers to hurriedly change the topic of conversation.

seas were 250ft lower...all our history is under sea, it didn't just spring up 4000yrs ago