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Exposed, Uncovered, & Declassified
Lost Civilizations & Secrets of the Past
Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Lost Civilizations & Secrets of the Past "Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand."--Neil Armstrong Were Atlantis and Lemuria factual places?Who built the pyramids and for what purpose?How advanced was the technology of ancient cultures? All this and more is covered in Exposed, Uncovered, & Declassified: Lost Civilizations & Secrets of the Past--the latest in the all-original series that is already sp... Full description
224 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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Erich von Däniken
323 books893 followersGreek: Έριχ φον Νταίνικεν
Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (1935–2026) was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Däniken was one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.
The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by virtually all scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, and wrote one of his books in prison.
Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (1935–2026) was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Däniken was one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.
The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by virtually all scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, and wrote one of his books in prison.
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September 2, 2020A bunch of the alernative history hoopla gets discussed in here:
- The nuclear chariots of the pre-Hindustaani (or whatever they were) unnamed civilizations
- Cuneiform artefacts in the Americas
- Artefacts with runic inscriptions around the Americas
- Was sound used to levitate stones to get piramids done? (unlikely but a fun idea)
- Did giants ever walk the Earth?
- Bnei Elohim?
- The AB (advanced beings) intervention hypotethis, could some of the panspermia-type stuff be true?
The legends of Lemuria, Atlantis, paradise lost and other legendary places: were they ever real?
Did we ever get help in establishing our civilizations 'from the starry skies'? Who would know that?
Lots of hoodoo and conspiracy theoritizing in this one. However, this is what makes the genre so very interesting and fun. Are there really some things that we have unfairly dismissed from our early history? What is it that we don't know? Could it be important?
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The Bat Creek Stone, they now argued, must have been engraved by 19th-century Freemasons. Just who these unidentified Freemason experts in 2nd-century paleo-Hebrew were, however, the skeptics were unable to say. (c)
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“Today, there’s sort of an academic mafia that runs things. You line up outside these hotel rooms during conferences, wait for a job interview. If you say the wrong thing, you’re bad, and you don’t get in…. There are reputable publications that won’t accept papers written based on anything but stuff dug up by archaeologists.” (c)
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A few mysterious ancient monuments—such as the great Sphinx of Egypt’s Giza Plateau—are now thought to be far older than was once believed, the origins of some reaching back even further than 10,500 years ago. (c)
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I wish to make it clear that we learned a great deal from the teachings of Buddha, Lao Tze, and Jesus, for example, and that they embodied the cooperative and nurturing traits necessary for human self-actualization. (c)
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According to Churchward, Mu “extended from somewhere north of Hawaii to the south as far as the Fijis and Easter Island.” He claimed Mu was the site of the Garden of Eden, and had 64,000,000 inhabitants—known as the Naacals. Its civilization, which supposedly flourished 50,000 ago, was technologically more advanced than that of Churchward’s own time, and the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and the Mayans were merely the degenerate remnants of its colonies. Needless to say, there is no geological basis whatsoever for a submerged Pacific continent. (c)
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One of the most learned scholars of Djinn lore is anomalies researcher and author Philip Imbrogno. In 1995, Imbrogno made a trip to Saudi Arabia, during the course of which he learned of secret, long-term attempts by an elite, covert unit of the U.S. military to actually try and capture Djinn. The purpose of the program, Imbrogno was told by official sources, was to secure for the U.S. government a highly advanced technological device that permitted the Djinn to pass through solid matter, and also through what were intriguingly described as “dimensional windows.” It scarcely needs mentioning that if such phenomenal technology did exist, the possible outcome of its use as a tool of the military would be beyond imagination. To what extent the operation was successful, Imbrogno did not find out, unfortunately. If such an extraordinary goal had been achieved, however, Imbrogno was advised it would undoubtedly have been classified at an extremely high level. Similarly, while visiting Oman on the same trip, Imbrogno heard a story of the governments of Oman and the United States trying to make some kind of a deal with Djinn.
Surely no one needs to be told that Faustian pacts involving military personnel and dimension-hopping, ancient Middle Eastern entities bent upon the destruction of the human race should not be entered into lightly, if ever. Even the slightest hint that such pacts may have been initiated is something that may explain why the U.S. government has for decades exhibited a deep and abiding secret fascination for ancient mysteries. (c) So much fun. Would've been the Holy Grail for the legal specialists. Just imagine drafting something like that!
- The nuclear chariots of the pre-Hindustaani (or whatever they were) unnamed civilizations
- Cuneiform artefacts in the Americas
- Artefacts with runic inscriptions around the Americas
- Was sound used to levitate stones to get piramids done? (unlikely but a fun idea)
- Did giants ever walk the Earth?
- Bnei Elohim?
- The AB (advanced beings) intervention hypotethis, could some of the panspermia-type stuff be true?
The legends of Lemuria, Atlantis, paradise lost and other legendary places: were they ever real?
Did we ever get help in establishing our civilizations 'from the starry skies'? Who would know that?
Lots of hoodoo and conspiracy theoritizing in this one. However, this is what makes the genre so very interesting and fun. Are there really some things that we have unfairly dismissed from our early history? What is it that we don't know? Could it be important?
Q:
The Bat Creek Stone, they now argued, must have been engraved by 19th-century Freemasons. Just who these unidentified Freemason experts in 2nd-century paleo-Hebrew were, however, the skeptics were unable to say. (c)
Q:
“Today, there’s sort of an academic mafia that runs things. You line up outside these hotel rooms during conferences, wait for a job interview. If you say the wrong thing, you’re bad, and you don’t get in…. There are reputable publications that won’t accept papers written based on anything but stuff dug up by archaeologists.” (c)
Q:
A few mysterious ancient monuments—such as the great Sphinx of Egypt’s Giza Plateau—are now thought to be far older than was once believed, the origins of some reaching back even further than 10,500 years ago. (c)
Q:
I wish to make it clear that we learned a great deal from the teachings of Buddha, Lao Tze, and Jesus, for example, and that they embodied the cooperative and nurturing traits necessary for human self-actualization. (c)
Q:
According to Churchward, Mu “extended from somewhere north of Hawaii to the south as far as the Fijis and Easter Island.” He claimed Mu was the site of the Garden of Eden, and had 64,000,000 inhabitants—known as the Naacals. Its civilization, which supposedly flourished 50,000 ago, was technologically more advanced than that of Churchward’s own time, and the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and the Mayans were merely the degenerate remnants of its colonies. Needless to say, there is no geological basis whatsoever for a submerged Pacific continent. (c)
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One of the most learned scholars of Djinn lore is anomalies researcher and author Philip Imbrogno. In 1995, Imbrogno made a trip to Saudi Arabia, during the course of which he learned of secret, long-term attempts by an elite, covert unit of the U.S. military to actually try and capture Djinn. The purpose of the program, Imbrogno was told by official sources, was to secure for the U.S. government a highly advanced technological device that permitted the Djinn to pass through solid matter, and also through what were intriguingly described as “dimensional windows.” It scarcely needs mentioning that if such phenomenal technology did exist, the possible outcome of its use as a tool of the military would be beyond imagination. To what extent the operation was successful, Imbrogno did not find out, unfortunately. If such an extraordinary goal had been achieved, however, Imbrogno was advised it would undoubtedly have been classified at an extremely high level. Similarly, while visiting Oman on the same trip, Imbrogno heard a story of the governments of Oman and the United States trying to make some kind of a deal with Djinn.
Surely no one needs to be told that Faustian pacts involving military personnel and dimension-hopping, ancient Middle Eastern entities bent upon the destruction of the human race should not be entered into lightly, if ever. Even the slightest hint that such pacts may have been initiated is something that may explain why the U.S. government has for decades exhibited a deep and abiding secret fascination for ancient mysteries. (c) So much fun. Would've been the Holy Grail for the legal specialists. Just imagine drafting something like that!
September 19, 2022
Yes, I read this and it was very fun.
October 15, 2023
The texts are excellent, however if you are already well acquainted with the authors it is likely that you already know most of it.
December 1, 2013
Lost Civilizations & Secrets of the Past was a interesting book. It notes and essays from different scientists put together to make connections about ancient times. Different people come together to make a theory of what happened between the lost cultures. They find a ancient civilization that had Judaism writing all over the walls of a building. It gets more into deal but to learn more read it yourself. Some parts were boring, but in all i enjoyed it.
July 22, 2014
I was so fascinated when I read the first two essays in this book-archaeological cover ups? Goosebumps! Physical evidence of the list garden of Eden??? Fascinating! Then it started getting weird. Even for me. Like...no longer tangible or 100% credible...Didn't do it for me. Alien conspiracy theorists go for it tho.
May 1, 2015
good book about the past.
It was interesting read.
It was interesting read.
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