Ancient Gods
Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
Where do we come from? What are the origins of modern civilization? Do the world's pyramids, the Nazca Lines, Easter Island statues, and other enigmatic structures, archeological wonders, and geographic anomalies contain evidence of ancient gods?
Sifting through the historical and archaeological evidence, Ancient Gods: Lost Histories, Hidden Truths, and the Conspiracy of Silence by ordained minister Jim Willis probes the myths, stories, history, and facts of ancient civilizations, lost technologies, past catastrophes, archetypical astronauts, and bygone religions to tease out the truth of our distant past and modern existence. It takes and in-depth look at the facts, fictions, and controversies of our ancestors, origins, who we are as a people—and who might have come before us.
Ancient Gods: tackles more than 60 nagging stories of ancient gods, ancestors, alien visitors, theories and explanations, such as ...
40,000 years ago, why did our ancestors across Europe and Asia crawl deep underground—sometimes as much as a mile—to paint magnificent images on the walls of caves?
How did the megalithic temple site called Göbekli Tepe come to be built—11,600 years before the agricultural revolution and before humans learned how to grow their own food?
How were massive stones, weighing up to four tons, dragged 140 miles across England to build Stonehenge?
Who—and why—were pyramids built on the equatorial band circling the earth?
What does modern DNA analysis tell us of mankind's heritage?
Are we to believe the Ancient Alien Theory?
Along the way, Willis examines human history and searches for the sparks of contemporary society. It also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.
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In this eclectic and intriguing alternate history, Willis argues that modern humans are not the first to achieve a technologically advanced civilization. A previous group of advanced humans faced near-extinction after a series of natural disasters, he writes, but managed to pass some of their knowledge to less advanced peoples who considered them gods. In the first half of the book, Willis lays out an astonishing number of relics showing impressive skill and keen astronomical knowledge, including megaliths, pyramids, and Nazca lines. To show the possibility of massive disaster, he recounts theories of Atlantis, Mu, and other (firmer) archaeological evidence. Each receives quick treatment, making the book better suited for skipping about than reading straight through. In the less convincing second half, he attempts to prove that these advanced humans left bread crumbs for us to rediscover in myths and religion. This requires more trust in his own readings of myth and science, especially as he includes advanced theoretical physics. Despite the frequent mention of a conspiracy of silence, Willis is less clear on why scientists and historians would oppose what he claims is obvious. Even if this history will not change minds, it provides a fascinating theory and plenty of avenues for the curious to explore more fully.
