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I approached this book with an open mind, having heard several intriguing and convincing arguments regarding the subject previously. This was not one of them. Most of the time, Hancock dismisses the claims of historians and archeaologists regarding timelines by stating that when he visited the sites, he believed structures "looked older". This is hardly the rousing evidence I was expecting. Rather than making arguments, he really only makes insinuations. I eventually got tired of every other paragraph ending with "Could these vaguely similar myths/objects/facts be a coincidence...?" without giving any real indication as to why the reader should believe otherwise. He draws links between Ancient Egypt and Ancient South America with the resounding argument of "Bearded men, crosses, and serpents... Could these unique symbols, common to both cultures, be a simply coincidence...?" He usually doesn't answer his own question, leaving the reader to wonder why he really thinks these symbols are particularly unique. In examining a statue holding what is commonly interpreted as being an incense bag, our author decided that it instead looked like some kind of ancient ray gun or other mechanical weapon. But hey, he says, the picture is included so you decide. I was still unconvinced, despite yet more hard evidence - perhaps I needed more imagination to see the ray gun. Hancock makes a hamfisted attempt to insinuate his conclusions into your head, but if you're looking for some kind of real scholarly or scientific argument regarding this theory, then look somewhere else.