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  <title><![CDATA[The Message of the Sphinx: A Quest for the Hidden Legacy of Mankind]]></title>
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  <default_description>In this riveting account of historical and archaeological investigation, the authors present hard evidence that the Sphinx, the Pyramids, and the other monuments at Giza are of far more ancient origin than previously believed. Complete with evidence of a conspiracy between the Egyptology establishment and various confidential organizations to keep the secrets of the Pyramids from the world, The Message of the Sphinx is also a modern-day detective story. of photos.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[These archaeological explorers go to every end of the world to examine ancient civilizations and dispel the dogma associated with ancient cultures such as Egypt, the Mayan civilization, Easter Island, Stonehenge, Atlantis.  They have some amazing theories that examine archaeo-astronomical alignments...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44673997">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Graham Hancock follows in the long line of authors including Zechariah Sitchin and Erik Von Daniken who advocate &quot;alternative,&quot; now &quot;new age,&quot; interpretations of the past, mostly focusing on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Central/South America. In the Message of the Sphinx, Hanco...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11530818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved the ideas floating throughout this one, pre-historic civilizations, fun!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You gotta read this one if you are interested in ancient Knowledge.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the greatest explanation of how ancient myth can be read into the actual buildings I've ever read.  At the end the only part I didn't love was the Edgar Cayce connection, and the fact that we'll never know if what he found is the truth since Egyptologists are ticked off by him.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is by far one of the most IMPORTANT books of scientific research in modern history.  If you haven't read this book and don't understand how ancient technology and knowledge can affect us today then you better get up on your Graham Hancock!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this because I love all things Egypt.  If you do, you should too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not entertaining. ]]></body>
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