New Releases by Graham Hancock

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The latest archaeology and history redefining book from bestselling author Graham Hancock (Fingerprints of the Gods), who is featured in Ancient Apocalypse, a hit Netflix original docuseries. "With the original unabridged text of Supernatural, I offer the reader an investigation that explores the human experience with psychedelics from the Stone Age to the Space Age and the role of these extraordinary plant medicines as tools to investigate the nature of reality itself."—Graham Hancock Discover the pathway to the gods. Less than 50,000 years ago mankind had no art, no religion, no sophisticated symbolism, no innovative thinking. Then, in a dramatic and electrifying change, described by scientists as "the greatest riddle in human history," all the skills and qualities that we value most highly in ourselves appeared already fully formed, as though bestowed on us by hidden powers. In Visionary, Graham Hancock sets out to investigate this mysterious "before-and-after moment" and to discover the truth about the influences that gave birth to modern human mind. His quest takes him on a journey of adventure and detection from the stunningly beautiful painted caves of prehistoric France, Spain, and Italy to remote rock shelters in the mountains of South Africa, where he finds a treasure trove of extraordinary Stone Age art. Hancock uncovers clues that lead him to travel to the depths of the Amazon rainforest to drink the powerful plant hallucinogen ayahuasca with Indian shamans, whose paintings contain images of "supernatural beings" identical to the animal-human hybrids depicted in prehistoric caves and rock shelters. Hallucinogens such as mescaline also produce visionary encounters with exactly the same beings. Scientists at the cutting edge of consciousness research have begun to consider the possibility that such hallucinations may be real perceptions of other "dimensions." Could the "supernaturals" first depicted in the painted caves and rock shelters be the ancient teachers of mankind? Could it be that human evolution is not just the "blind," "meaningless" process that Darwin identified, but something more purposive and intelligent, something that we have barely even begun to understand? Previously published as Supernatural, this definitive edition includes a new Introduction by Graham Hancock as well as restored chapters that were omitted from the original paperback release.

¿Se perdió una civilización avanzada debido al cataclismo global que terminó con la última Edad de Hielo? Graham Hancock ha hecho del trabajo de su vida el descubrirlo, y en esta obra recurre a las últimas pruebas arqueológicas y de ADN para llegar a una conclusión sorprendente. América se pobló por primera vez hace más de 130.000 años, muchas decenas de miles de años antes de que se establecieran asentamientos humanos en otros lugares. El autor revela que, desde el valle del Mississippi hasta la selva amazónica, las culturas antiguas del «Nuevo Mundo» comparten un legado de conocimiento científico avanzado y creencias espirituales sofisticadas con culturas supuestamente desconectadas del «Viejo Mundo». ¿Se han centrado los arqueólogos durante demasiado tiempo solo en el «Viejo Mundo» en su búsqueda de los orígenes de la civilización y no han considerado la posibilidad revolucionaria de que esos orígenes se encuentren en el «Nuevo Mundo»?

全球暢銷1億冊經典《上帝的指紋》，古文明權威葛瑞姆‧漢卡克最新鉅作！ 地球失落文明之謎的解答找到了!? 最新的考古學和DNA證據，將揭開美洲並不是「新大陸」的驚天之謎！ 美洲人的DNA之謎／亞馬遜雨林的科學奧祕／隱藏在土方工程的天文學和幾何學／北美與古埃及的相似靈魂觀…… ──在新仙女木期災變發生前，美洲大陸到底「曾有過」什麼？ 末次冰河時期結束時的那場全球大災難，是否曾將某個先進文明從歷史上一筆抹煞？ 全球暢銷作家葛瑞姆‧漢卡克，窮盡畢生之力想找出這個問題的答案。在本書中，他以最新的考古學和DNA證據佐證他的研究，並提出一個驚人的結論！ ‧暢銷20萬冊！甫上市即登英國《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷書榜第8名，美國《紐約時報》暢銷書榜第6名！ ‧榮登美國亞馬遜「史前史」第1名！讀者4.7顆星推薦！ 專文推薦／周健 中國文化大學史學系兼任副教授 譯者導讀／潘恩典 中正大學外文系博士 各界推薦／工頭堅 《旅飯》創辦人｜邱建一 藝術史學者 ──按姓氏筆劃序 一個引人入勝的史前史替代版本。《諸神的足跡》詳細而廣泛，將神話和傳說轉變成了過去的新故事。 ──每日郵件（Daily Mail） 歷經二十五年的奔波和研究，彙整考古學、遺傳學、天文學、氣象學、農業經濟學、人種學、地質學和古生物學的線索，呈現失落文明之謎最完整的解釋。 十三萬年前美洲就有人類存在了？ 亞馬遜雨林部落竟有強烈的澳大拉西亞DNA訊息？ 雨林中的「黑土」，能把荒地變成沃土，而且有驚人的復原能力？ 北美密西西比文明和古埃及文明有相同的靈魂歸宿概念？ 世界各地的遠古神聖建築，都具有重要的科學「迷因」？ 末次冰河時期結束時的那場全球大災難，是否曾將某個先進文明從歷史上一筆抹煞？隨著新發現的出現，我們現在知道早在十三萬年前，美洲就已經有人類存在，直到幾萬年後，人類才開始在其他各大洲定居。 漢卡克在書中介紹了他在各地研究的經歷，和他與那些做出重大新發現的科學家的互動。他在走訪密西西比河谷和亞馬遜雨林等地區後，發現遠古「新大陸」的文化，居然和照理說完全不相關的「舊大陸」文化，都繼承了一套相同的先進科學知識和複雜的精神信仰。 這是不是意味著考古學家在尋找文明的起源時，一直只著重於對「舊大陸」的研究，因此忽略了一個他們難以想像的可能性，那就是文明的起源地也許就位在「新大陸」。 漢卡克數十年來發表的多本著作，一直深受數百萬讀者的喜愛。而《諸神的足跡》更是他的登峰造極之作。本書對遠古謎團的探索一定能讓你大開眼界。此外，漢卡克還介紹了驚人的考古發現，並「以古為鏡」地對現代生活做了深刻反省。

Malgré les avancées scientifiques, les origines de l’humanité restent couvertes de zones d’ombres. De l’Amazonie encore inexplorée au célèbre site d’Angkor Wat, des lignes de Nazca à Stonehenge, des terrassements américains aux pyramides égyptiennes, Graham Hancock part à la découverte des mystères qui entourent la Préhistoire et les premiers peuplements, accompagné des plus grands spécialistes. Attentif à ne pas laisser les idées préconçues entraver sa recherche, il remet en cause les vérités établies et ouvre la porte à de nouvelles possibilités.

La fine dell’ultima era glaciale ha segnato anche la fine di una civiltà progredita? Una verità sorprendente... «Un quadro affascinante e alternativo della preistoria. Il mistero della civiltà perduta unisce in modo sorprendente e scientificamente valido miti e leggende in una nuova storia del passato. » Daily Mail «Eccezionale. » The Sunday Times «Un quadro affascinante e alternativo della preistoria. Il mistero della civiltà perduta unisce in modo sorprendente e scientificamente valido miti e leggende in una nuova storia del passato.» Daily Mail «Eccezionale.» The Sunday Times Ci hanno sempre insegnato che nel Nord e nel Sud America non ci fosse presenza umana fino a 13 mila anni fa e che il continente americano fosse stato l’ultimo a venire popolato dai nostri antenati. Ma nuove scoperte hanno drasticamente cambiato questa immagine e adesso siamo in grado di dimostrare che le Americhe furono abitate dall’uomo più di 130 mila anni fa, decine di migliaia di anni prima che in qualsiasi altra parte della Terra. Le indagini di Hancock ci conducono attraverso una serie di viaggi e di incontri con scienziati responsabili delle più recenti scoperte. Dalla valle del Mississippi alla foresta fluviale amazzonica, Hancock mostra come le antichissime civiltà del cosiddetto Nuovo Mondo avessero in realtà sviluppato avanzate conoscenze scientifiche e sofisticate culture del tutto analoghe a quelle del cosiddetto Vecchio Mondo, tali per cui è lecito mettere in dubbio che l’origine stessa della civiltà umana sia avvenuta in quest’ultima parte del pianeta. Il mistero della civiltà perduta è la quint’essenza di tutto ciò che milioni di lettori apprezzano nei libri di Hancock, vale a dire la capacità di esplorare con la mente aperta i misteri del passato, le più incredibili scoperte dell’archeologia e le profonde implicazioni che tutto ciò può avere per capire come viviamo il nostro presente.

Provides a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. New discoveries have radically reshaped the long-established picture and we know now that the Americas were first peopled more than 130,000 years ago - many tens of thousands of years before human settlements became established elsewhere

面對這些驚世駭俗，卻強而有力的「假設」， 你敢說，對現存的人類文明史堅信不疑嗎？ ◆掀起古文明熱潮始祖，探索古文明經典之作 ◆共譯成30種語言版本，全球銷量突破1億冊 ◆長踞亞馬遜古文明暢銷書榜、《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷書榜超過20年歷久不墜！ ◆《紐約時報》、DISCOVERY頻道權威推薦！ ? 是否全球不同角落的文明，都是同一個高度文明的遺產!? 「他們」在全球各地留下指紋，葛瑞姆．漢卡克「小心求證，大膽假設」， 揭開人類文明真相的證據即將——呈現。 ? 隱藏在墨西哥特奧蒂瓦坎古城的數學密碼、馬雅人精確的曆法、彼此差異極小，散落世界各地的傳說……為什麼異常精確、合乎科學標準的天文資料和數據，一再出現在這些遠古神話中？ ? 1513年的古地圖，竟出現直到1818年才被發現，且尚未冰封的南極大陸？在沒有飛行器的年代，納茲卡高原上的古人是如何畫出得從數百英尺高空鳥瞰的巨大圖像？教化中南美洲部落民族的白人神祇是誰？ 在人類文明尚未開啟前，究竟誰有足夠的知識和技術，在全球各地留下令人難解又著迷的建築奇蹟及物證？這是否意味著一個已經消失的高度文明，曾在遠古時代呼風喚雨，並將一筆科學遺產留給後世？ 《上帝的指紋》不僅對人類的神話、文化、歷史、地理、建築、數學、天文、科技進行探索，更是一部論述精緻、採證細膩的古文明奧祕鉅作。 ? 【各界名人齊聲推薦】（按姓氏筆劃序） 工頭堅 資深部落客 國際領隊 黃國華 知名作家 陳樂融 作家 作詞家 主持人 陳常智 蓋亞出版發行人 詹宏志 網路家庭董事長 褚士瑩 國際NGO工作者 寶靈 塔羅名師 漢卡克將全球古代文明作全盤的檢視，從神話、《聖經》、埃及，到中南美洲，針對不應在彼時出現的科技思想與產品，提出合理的質疑。 ——周健 中國文化大學史學系副教授 ? 我所看到的不再只是「上下五千年，縱橫十萬里」的狹小一隅，而是上窮碧落下黃泉般的瘋狂追索。 ——劉燦榮 知本家文化社社長 ? 書中一個接著一個的事實，一而再、再而三的推翻我們過去的理解。 ——劉寶傑 東森「關鍵時刻」主持人 ? 攤開這本書的朋友們，不妨徜開心胸，拋棄舊有的成見與認知，追隨葛瑞姆足跡，進行一場奇想天外的考古之旅。 ——謝哲青 歷史文化工作者 ? 「我一直想拍聖經中的洪水電影，但一直沒有靈感，然後我在葛瑞姆．漢卡克的《上帝的指紋》中讀到了地殼移位理論……」 ——電影《2012》導演羅蘭．艾默瑞奇（Roland Emmerich） ? 「葛瑞姆．漢卡克，暢銷書作家及電視節目主持人，有著高度爭議性歷史觀。其有關神祕失落文明的理論，帶給世界各地人們知識、引起廣大讀者注意，並取代了對過去傳統的觀點。」 ——英國廣播公司，地平線節目（BBC Horizon） ? 「最有智慧的考古紀聞。」「一部啟示錄般奇妙的好書。」 ——西方各界媒體盛讚 出版社 商周出版 (城邦)?

◆全球暢銷1億冊古文明經典《上帝的指紋》最新續作 ◆21世紀最新科學及考古證據，解開失落文明存在之謎！ ◆1995年《上帝的指紋》中揭示了這個失落文明的存在。 ◆當時缺少確鑿的證據，現在我們有了！ ◆全球授權英國、美國、法國、德國、西班牙、義大利、日本、韓國……等16國！ ◆甫上市就衝上英國《星期日泰晤士報》暢銷書榜第3名，美國《紐約時報》暢銷書榜第8名！ ◆美國亞馬遜網站讀者4.5顆星推薦！ 「他們」留下遠古的訊息—— 那些賢者的語錄、魔法師的事蹟，以及宏偉不凡的巨石建築。 我們從殘存的蛛絲馬跡中找回失落文明的記憶…… 失落文明的倖存者，是否以巨石建築為筆，寫下流傳後世的訊息!? 無可辯駁的科學及考古鐵證，證明一萬兩千八百年前的彗星撞擊， 導致一個先進文明被災難抹去，從而也消失在人類的記憶中…… 距今一萬兩千八百年前，彗星擊中北美及歐洲冰蓋，龐大的熱量瞬間融化了數百萬平方公里的冰層，引發全世界神話中所記錄的大洪水。 距今一萬一千六百年前，即公元前九千六百年，發生第二次撞擊，造成更大的洪水，而這正是柏拉圖所描繪的亞特蘭提斯被洪水淹沒的年代！ 本書所揭示的證據表明，一個先進文明在一萬兩千八百年至一萬一千六百年前的全球大災難中滅絕。大災難的倖存者，這些號稱「賢者」、「魔法師」的人，是世界各地神話中的智者和文明開化的英雄。他們是美索不達米亞的阿普卡魯、希伯來的守望者、南美洲的維拉柯查，以及古埃及的神祕遠古人，他們乘船遍遊世界，致力於留下文明的火種。 他們在關鍵地點定居，諸如土耳其的哥貝克力、黎巴嫩的巴爾貝克、埃及的吉薩、古代的蘇美、墨西哥、祕魯……這無疑都是當時留下的痕跡。 這段時期的先進文明是否真實存在過？作者將透過地球物理學、天文學、考古學、人類學、宗教學、神話學、建築學等，一一揭開這些先史謎團。 【中國文化大學史學系兼任副教授．國立台北大學歷史學系兼任副教授 周健——專文推薦】 【各界齊聲推薦】（按姓氏筆劃序） │「旅飯」旅行長 工頭堅 │藝術史學者 邱建一 │文化工作者 吳駿聲? 「考古學是一門充滿想像力的學門。大洪水之前的遠古文明真的存在嗎？作者追根究柢的精神，帶給我們無限的想像，與探求真理的慾望！」 ——藝術史學者 邱建一 「人類演進了數百萬年，為何千年前文明才突然大爆發？獨特的考古角度，引人入勝！」 ——文化工作者 吳駿聲 「我十分推薦《諸神的魔法師》。漢卡克是一位迷人的作家，也是一位對失落文明充滿好奇，思慮周密的調查者。」 ——暢銷書《夜訪吸血鬼》作者 安．萊絲（Anne Rice） 「絕妙！」 ——《科克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews） 「真是精彩的故事！漢卡克是一位對文飾和氛圍有一流感覺的作家。」 ——《星期日泰晤士報》（Sunday Times）? 出版社 商周出版 (城邦)

Un autore da 5 milioni di copie Un grande romanzo storico L''oro degli aztechi è protetto dal serpente piumato Cortés e il suo manipolo di conquistadores arrivano a Tenochtitlan, la città-isola degli Aztechi, su invito dell’imperatore Montezuma, che pianifica di intrappolarli e ucciderli tutti. Con un colpo da maestro, Cortés agisce d’intuito e anticipa le mosse del sovrano, prendendolo in ostaggio e piegando gli Aztechi al suo dominio. Tutto il Messico sembra sul punto di cadere ai suoi piedi quando un messaggio dalla costa annuncia l’arrivo di altri spaniard con un numero di soldati tre volte superiore al suo. E non si tratta affatto di rinforzi: i nuovi arrivati sembrano invece intenzionati a strappargli il potere appena conquistato. Cortés si trova quindi davanti a una scelta: accettare la resa o iniziare una guerra fratricida. Ed è proprio con la decisione di combattere che marcia verso gli spaniard, finendo per indebolire la guarnigione a Tenochtitlan. Quello che non sa è che nella città-isola stanno per aprirsi le porte dell’inferno. Tradotto in 27 Paesi «Il libro offre un inebriante mix di azione, politica, spiritualità e di componenti soprannaturali che Hancock ci ha insegnato ad apprezzare... Elementi fantasy convincenti e dettagli ricreati con grande precisione rendono la narrazione incalzante.» Daily Mail «Una lettura affascinante che vi farà prenotare un volo per il Messico molto prima di finire il libro.» Evening Standard Graham Hancock Giornalista e scrittore scozzese, è autore di molti libri di successo, alcuni dei quali pubblicati in Italia (come Il mistero del Sacro Graal, Impronte degli dèi, Lo specchio del cielo, Sciamani e La spirale del tempo). Ha scritto e condotto, per la rete britannica «Channel 4», due programmi dedicati alla divulgazione storico-scientifica. Dopo La profezia del serpente piumato e Il ritorno del serpente, La notte del serpente continua l’affascinante saga La guerra degli dèi, ambientata in Messico.

Vers la fin du dernier âge de glace, il y a 12 800 ans, une comète gigantesque s’est brisée en de multiples fragments au sein du système solaire. Certains ont frappé la Terre et engendré un déluge à l’échelle planétaire. Cet événement, que l’on retrouve dans bien des mythes à travers l’histoire, ne marquait que le premier passage de ces débris... Une seconde série d’impacts aussi dévastatrice que la première a en effet causé une inondation supplémentaire il y a environ 11 600 ans. Selon Platon, c’est à cette date que l’Atlantide aurait été submergée par les flots. D’autres éléments avancés dans ce livre prouvent qu’une société évoluée ayant vécue durant l’âge de glace a été détruite par ces cataclysmes. Mais certains de ses membres survécurent. Ces « magiciens des dieux » ranimèrent la flamme de la civilisation et nous laissèrent un message, un avertissement pour l’avenir...

Cortés and his small army of Conquistadors enter Tenochtitlan, the island city of the Aztecs, as guests of the psychotic emperor Moctezuma who plans to trap them there and kill them all. In a stunning coup, Cortés acts first, taking the emperor hostage and ruling the Aztecs through him. All of Mexico seems about to fall into his hands until a report comes from the coast of the arrival of a new force of Spaniards with more than three times his numbers, sent not to strengthen him but to attack him and wrest the conquest from him. Faced with the choice of abject surrender or war with fellow Spaniards Cortés chooses war and marches out to do battle but, in so doing he fatally weakens his garrison in Tenochtitlan and throws open the doors of Hell.

El conquistador Hernan Cortés sueña con Tenochtitlán, la ciudad dorada de los aztecas. Pero para conseguir el oro de los nativos, Cortés y su tropa de solo quinientos hombres deberán vencer al emperador Moctezuma, que encabeza un ejército de cientos de miles de guerreros. Cortés tiene la esperanza de que los tlascalanes, enemigos ancestrales de los aztecas, se unan a su causa. Pero eso no ocurrirá, y en cambio se verá atrapado entre dos fuerzas rivales. Mientras Hernán Cortés lo arriesga todo contra los tlascalanes, emprende en paralelo una guerra psicológica contra Moctezuma, con la intención de derrotarlo mentalmente antes de encontrarse cara a cara en el campo de batalla. Para ello contará con la ayuda de su amante, Malinali, una hermosa princesa maya. A través de ella conocerá la leyenda de la Serpiente Emplumada, Quetzalcóatl. Ella le mostrará cómo aprovechar la profecía que habla del regreso del dios rey para mantener viva la sospecha de que el conquistador puede ser Quetzalcóatl en persona. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Hernán Cortés is hell-bent on conquering Mexico for the Aztecs'' gold. He marches on Tenochtitlan, the Golden City of the Aztecs, wrapped in the aura of a vengeful god. His small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and his armies of hundreds of thousands of men.

Conquistador Hernán Cortés je pevně odhodlán ovládnout Mexiko a získat zlato Aztéků. Zničil už Maye u Potonchanu a nyní táhne na Tenochtitlán, aztécké zlaté hlavní město. Obklopuje ho aura boha, který se podle proroctví měl vrátit a pomstít se. Jeho malá výprava pouhých pěti set Španělů bude čelit dvousettisícové armádě pološíleného vládce Montezumy. Cortés se pouští do psychologické hry nervů, aby ještě před tím, než se střetnou armády, podlomil Montezumovo sebevědomí - a v tomto boji není sám. Pomáhají mu mayská princezna Malinal, jež ho zasvětí do proroctví o návratu Opeřeného hada, a její přítelkyně, mladá čarodějka Tozi, která se snaží vyvolat rozkol mezi Mexiky. Souboj nervů, strategií, brutální vojenské síly i citů nabírá na obrátkách a spěje k vyvrcholení... Prostřední díl trilogie opět kombinuje velkolepý historický příběh největšího střetu civilizací v dějinách s prvky fantasy a milostné romance.

«Una lectura fascinante que te dejará con ganas de volar hasta México en cuanto la termines.» The Evening Standard El conquistador Hernan Cortés sueña con Tenochtitlán, la ciudad dorada de los aztecas. Pero para conseguir el oro de los nativos, Cortés y su tropa de solo quinientos hombres deberán vencer al emperador Moctezuma, que encabeza un ejército de cientos de miles de guerreros. Cortés tiene la esperanza de que los tlascalanes, enemigos ancestrales de los aztecas, se unan a su causa. Pero eso no ocurrirá, y en cambio se verá atrapado entre dos fuerzas rivales. Mientras Hernán Cortés lo arriesga todo contra los tlascalanes, emprende en paralelo una guerra psicológica contra Moctezuma, con la intención de derrotarlo mentalmente antes de encontrarse cara a cara en el campo de batalla. Para ello contará con la ayuda de su amante, Malinali, una hermosa princesa maya. A través de ella conocerá la leyenda de la Serpiente Emplumada, Quetzalcóatl. Ella le mostrará cómo aprovechar la profecía que habla del regreso del dios rey para mantener viva la sospecha de que el conquistador puede ser Quetzalcóatl en persona.

Cerca del final de la última Edad del Hielo, hace 12.000 años, un gigantesco cometa que había entrado en el sistema solar desde las profundidades del espacio miles de años antes se rompió en múltiples fragmentos. Algunos chocaron contra la Tierra, originando un cataclismo global a una escala nunca vista desde la extinción de los dinosaurios. Al menos ocho de los fragmentos cayeron en el casquete polar norteamericano y otros más en el casquete polar europeo. Una segunda serie de impactos tuvieron lugar hace 11.6000 años, la fecha exacta que da Platón para la destrucción y hundimiento de la Atlántida. Las evidencias reveladas en este libro demuestran más allá de cualquier duda razonable que una civilización avanzada floreció durante la Edad del Hielo y fue destruida por un cataclismo global hace entre 12.800 y 11.600 años. Sin embargo, hubo supervivientes, conocidos para culturas posteriores como «los sabios», «los magos», «los que brillan» y «los misteriosos maestros de los cielos». Viajaron por el mundo en sus grandes barcos haciendo todo lo que estaba en su poder para mantener viva la llama dela civilización. Se asentaron en puntos clave: Göbekli Tepe (Turquía), Baalbeck (Líbano), Guiza (Egipto), la antigua Súmer, México, Perú y el Pacífico, donde recientemente se ha descubierto una inmensa pirámide en Indonesia. A donde quiera que iban, estos «magos de los dioses» llevaban consigo el recuerdo de una época en la cual la humanidad había perdido su armonía con el universo y pagado un elevado precio por ello.

Graham Hancock''s multi-million bestseller Fingerprints of the Gods remains an astonishing, deeply controversial, wide-ranging investigation of the mysteries of our past and the evidence for Earth''s lost civilization. Twenty years on, Hancock returns with the sequel to his seminal work filled with completely new, scientific and archaeological evidence, which has only recently come to light... Near the end of the last Ice Age 12,800 years ago, a giant comet that had entered the solar system from deep space thousands of years earlier, broke into multiple fragments. Some of these struck the Earth causing a global cataclysm on a scale unseen since the extinction of the dinosaurs. At least eight of the fragments hit the North American ice cap, while further fragments hit the northern European ice cap. The impacts, from comet fragments a mile wide approaching at more than 60,000 miles an hour, generated huge amounts of heat which instantly liquidized millions of square kilometers of ice, destabilizing the Earth''s crust and causing the global Deluge that is remembered in myths all around the world. A second series of impacts, equally devastating, causing further cataclysmic flooding, occurred 11,600 years ago, the exact date that Plato gives for the destruction and submergence of Atlantis. The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors - known to later cultures by names such as ''the Sages'', ''the Magicians'', ''the Shining Ones'', and ''the Mystery Teachers of Heaven''. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark of civilization burning. They settled at key locations - Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, Baalbek in the Lebanon, Giza in Egypt, ancient Sumer, Mexico, Peru and across the Pacific where a huge pyramid has recently been discovered in Indonesia. Everywhere they went these ''Magicians of the Gods'' brought with them the memory of a time when mankind had fallen out of harmony with the universe and paid a heavy price. A memory and a warning to the future... For the comet that wrought such destruction between 12,800 and 11,600 years may not be done with us yet. Astronomers believe that a 20-mile wide ''dark'' fragment of the original giant comet remains hidden within its debris stream and threatens the Earth. An astronomical message encoded at Gobekli Tepe, and in the Sphinx and the pyramids of Egypt,warns that the ''Great Return'' will occur in our time...

Un autore da 5 milioni di copie Un grande romanzo storico L’epopea della caduta di due imperi, due eserciti e due divinità della guerra Lunghe ombre oscure sembrano addensarsi intorno al tragico destino dei mexica: la profezia del ritorno di Quetzalcoatl, dio rappresentato come un Serpente Piumato, coincide stranamente con lo sbarco sulle coste americane di Cortés e dei suoi uomini. E se Montezuma cerca di placare le divinità indigene con un sacrificio umano, la Santa Inquisizione sta progettando di compiere un bagno di sangue ancora più agghiacciante. Eppure, tra battaglie brutali e sanguinose, l’amore e l’amicizia possono sopravvivere ai massacri: Tozi, una giovane mexica che ha visto morire molti dei suoi cari, userà tutti i suoi poteri magici per salvare le persone che ama; Pepillo, un orfano spagnolo agli ordini di un sadico frate domenicano, viene preso sotto l’ala di Cortés e comincia a imparare ciò che serve per diventare un conquistatore. Divisi dallo scontro delle loro rispettive civiltà, riusciranno i due a sfuggire alla violenza o soccomberanno sotto i colpi della guerra tra indigeni e conquistadores? Un autore da 5 milioni di copie «In parte fatti reali, in parte pura fantasia: l’effetto finale è intenso quanto gli eventi storici raccontati. È talmente appassionante che vi verrà voglia di prenotare un volo per il Messico.» London Evening Standard «Il libro offre un inebriante mix di azione, politica, spiritualità e soprannaturale, da cui si può imparare molto. Un romanzo convincente che ricrea nei dettagli il contesto storico e fa venire voglia di andare avanti nella lettura.» Daily Mail «In questo avvincente romanzo, Graham Hancock ricostruisce magistralmente il più grande scontro di civiltà di sempre, rivelando aspetti che solo un autore geniale potrebbe svelare.» Javier Sierra Graham Hancock Giornalista e scrittore scozzese, è autore prolifico di molti libri di successo, alcuni dei quali pubblicati in Italia (come, ad esempio, Il mistero del Sacro Graal, Impronte degli dèi, Lo specchio del cielo, Sciamani e La spirale del tempo). I suoi volumi sono stati tradotti in 27 lingue e hanno venduto più di cinque milioni di copie in tutto il mondo. Ha scritto e condotto, per la rete britannica «Channel 4», due programmi di successo dedicati alla divulgazione storico-scientifica.

''I suspect the real breakthroughs in our understanding of consciousness are going to come from an entirely different direction. That direction, controversially, has to do with psychedelics - which, as many of the contributors to The Divine Spark argue, offer spectacular potential for the investigation of the "hard problem" of consciousness.'' - Graham Hancock, from the Introduction. In The Divine Spark, bestselling author Graham Hancock brings us a groundbreaking collection of the latest thinking on consciousness and psychedelics. Graham has been writing and speaking about this to audiences worldwide, including a controversial TedX talk on ayahuasca and DMT, which received over 130,000 views on YouTube. Combining the wisdom of leading minds, The Divine Spark illuminates the topic like never before, with a particular focus on the use of psychedelics to open up the realm of the supernatural. The book unveils fresh theories on the relation of psychedelics to domains such as creativity, the survival of life on planet earth, interspecies communication, medicine and drug research, and many more. Contributors include: Mike Alvernia, Russell Brand, David Jay Brown, Paul Devereux, Rick Doblin, Amanda Fielding, Nassim Haramein, Martina Hoffman, Don Lattin, Eduardo Luna, Dennis McKenna, Thad McKraken, Rak Razam, Gabriel Roberts, Thomas B. Roberts, Robert Schoch, Mark Seelig, Rick Strassman and Robert Tindall.

Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the 9 million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the second volume of the War God trilogy. The conquistador Hernán Cortés is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs'' gold, Cortés and his small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands. Cortés expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortés risks all against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to defeat the Aztec emperor psychologically before ever having to face him in battle. In this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortés learns of the myth of Quetzalcoatl, ''The Plumed Serpent''. She shows him how to exploit the prophecy of the fabled god king''s return to weaken Moctezuma''s resolve and keep alive the suspicion that the conquistador might actually be Quetzalcoatl himself.

La gran epopeya sobre la conquista de México de la mano de uno de los autores más aclamados del género, traducido a veintisiete idiomas y con más de cinco millones de ejemplares vendidos. Tenochtitlán, 1519. Moctezuma reina sobre un imperio que es temido y odiado por el resto de las naciones aborígenes de la región, súbditas de los aztecas y obligadas a entregar jóvenes para los sangrientos sacrificios con que aquellos rinden tributo al dios de la guerra Huitzilopochtli. El poder del imperio azteca parece invencible, pero la rebelión se está fomentandolentamente, ayudada por los rumores de que hombres de piel clara, barba y armas tan extrañas como letales se aproximan a la cuidad. Tozi es una muchacha de catorce años, con extraños poderes sobrenaturales, que ha sido apresada por los aztecas y espera en una celda a que le llegue el turno de ser sacrificada. Coyolt es un niño de seis años y compañero de cautiverio. Pepillo es un joven que se prepara para embarcarse en una expedición a México desde la colonia española de Cuba. Los tres convergerán en esta historia épica que narra el apasionado y brutal choque de dos imperios.

A compelling brew of mystery, crime, and science revealing the details behind the search for the lost Ark of the Covenant. The Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the great historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark''s power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends--revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden. Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time--from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail--this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.