1. The Core of Hancock’s Claims
Hancock’s main argument (in books like Fingerprints of the Gods, Magicians of the Gods, and the recent Ancient Apocalypse) is that:
There was an advanced civilization that existed before 10,000 BCE.
It was destroyed by a cataclysm, often linked to a comet impact (the so-called Younger Dryas impact hypothesis).
Survivors spread their knowledge to “primitive” hunter-gatherers, seeding the origins of known ancient civilizations (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica).
Archaeological and mythological “clues” (pyramids, flood myths, astronomical alignments) point to this lost progenitor culture.


