The Lost Civilization Enigma reveals the truth about: Lost magnitudes to known cultures, such as the Bosnian Pyramids and the civilization of "Old Europe"; The fabled lost "golden" cities of South America and the Amazon, which are slowly being rediscovered; Fascinating examples of lost technology, such as the Antikythera Device; Atlantis and the fact that it was a real civilization.
Analyzing the historical and archaeological record, best-selling author Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial evidence that civilization is far older, far more advanced, and far more special than is currently accepted.
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Or is civilization far more complex and for older than we have been taught? Our school textbooks barely mention the 6,year-old Sumerian civilization, yet the latest archaeological findings at sites such as Jericho and, most recently, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, have been dated to 10, BC.
Civilization goes back at least another 10, years, if we are willing to believe what our ancestors themselves claimed. The Lost Civilization Enigma reveals the truth about: Lost magnitudes to known cultures, such as the Bosnian Pyramids and the civilization of "Old Europe"; The fabled lost "golden" cities of South America and the Amazon, which are slowly being rediscovered; Fascinating examples of lost technology, such as the Antikythera Device; Atlantis and the fact that it was a real civilization.
Analyzing historical and archaeological records, bestselling author Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial evidence that civilization is far older, far more advanced, and far more special than is currently accepted.
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Philip Coppens 30 books 47 followers. Search review text. David Montaigne. Author 9 books 2 followers. I'll start with the best things I can say about Coppens' new book: he provides an interesting collection of stories covering many topics of archeological interest.
These topics are supportive of the idea that human civilization existed earlier than we were generally taught to believe. The author covers many relatively unknown archeological enigmas in detail, starting with Chapter One's focus on the controversy over Neolithic relics and remains at Glozel, France in Peruvian pyramids at Caral, an astronomical interpretation of the Greek story of the Iliad, and the idea that copper mining in Michigan and the Bronze Age in Europe both ended around B.
The book provides a great introduction to many topics that could be considered ancient mysteries, at a level I would think is perfect for curious but relatively uneducated teenagers. Other comments will not be so supportive of the book's quality. While I agree that many sites support the idea that out civilization is at least 12, years old, Coppens writes that some "tools, objects, and legends - are tens of thousands - even millions of years old.
He dives into some odd topics that make no sense and are not even related to the theme of the book, such as the claim that the American Secret Service in the s was afraid of a Chinese invasion of the United States.
On most pages the writing was adequate but - sometimes - for no apparent reason - the author linked many phrases - together - with hyphens - or commas - in very long run-ons. Sometimes the sentences would not qualify as sentences. There were enough instances of distorted grammar to make a middle school English teacher wince I only mention it because I've never seen an author do this so much.
It really needed more editing. But overall my issue with the book is that it treats all "interesting" topics almost equally, whether they merit intelligent consideration like Middle Eastern civilization back to about 10, B.
I judge many such things to merit ridicule; Coppens judged them worthy of lengthy commentary, and unfortunately many poorly educated readers will take them seriously. If you're 13 years old and have never heard of Zahi Hawass, Caral, or Gobekli Tepe but are interested in the idea that the true, really ancient history just isn't taught to us, you'll love this book.
If you've read books by Graham Hancock or Robert Schoch or John Michell and appreciated them, you would probably be disappointed. First, RIP, Philip. I am a big fan of Filip and his work, and the research his put into this book was extensive and even overwhelming at times.
Clearly civilization is much older than we have been led to believe all these years. I can only hope with work of Filip and his colleagues will reach a larger audience so we may all begin to learn our true history.
Thank you, Filip, for your work, for being an advocate and for keeping history alive! This would be a really enjoyable read had it been written by another person. Someone with maybe a bit of tact and humility and writing talent and capacity for objectivity. In a way this is very strange to review a book where the major problem with it was its author, but here goes. I'm very interested in history, particularly ancient history, alternative or not, it's all pretty fascinating to me. Analyzing the historical and archaeological record, best-selling author Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial evidence that civilization is far older, far more advanced, and far more special than is currently accepted.
Clearly, our history books have left out a great deal! Media The Lost Civilization Enigma. Save Not today. Format ebook. ISBN Author Philip Coppens.
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