Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization

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Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization is a non-fiction book by Graham Hancock that explores the possibility of advanced prehistoric civilizations lost to rising sea levels at the end of the last Ice Age.

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instanceOf non-fiction book
author Graham Hancock NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizedBy professional archaeologists
criticizedFor lack of scientific rigor
misinterpretation of archaeological evidence
overreliance on speculative correlations
exploresLocation Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Bay of Cambay NERFINISHED
Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
Yonaguni Monument NERFINISHED
focusesOn bathymetric surveys
correlation of myth and geology
underwater exploration
genre non-fiction
pseudoarchaeology
hasFormat audiobook
ebook
hardcover
paperback
hasPerspective alternative history
catastrophism
influencedBy Atlantis legends
myths of a global flood
language English
mainClaim advanced prehistoric civilizations existed before the end of the last Ice Age
many traces of early civilizations were submerged by post-glacial sea-level rise
underwater archaeological sites preserve evidence of lost civilizations
mediaType print
notableFor popularizing ideas about submerged prehistoric cities
public debate over pseudoarchaeology
publicationYear 2002
publisher Crown Publishers NERFINISHED
relatedWork Fingerprints of the Gods NERFINISHED
Magicians of the Gods NERFINISHED
subject ancient myths
end of the last Ice Age
flood myths
lost civilizations
prehistoric civilizations
sea-level rise
submerged ruins
timePeriodDiscussed Early Holocene
Late Pleistocene

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