I am a sucker for a good documentary. I never really used to enjoy them when I was younger as I oftentimes found them rather boring, but now that I’ve matured a wee bit and have learned to appreciate history more than I once did, I now prefer watching documentaries over most other shows, with the exception of Viking or medieval productions.
I recently started watching Ancient Apocalypse via Netflix, and without sounding dramatic, it has quite honestly changed my entire perception of the world as we know it. It features Graham Hancock, an investigative journalist who has devoted his work to exploring and challenging societal notions of what we consider pre-history, and its civilizations.
Without giving too much away, the premise of Hancock’s work is that the understanding we have been taught through history regarding the earliest humans, meaning, Neanderthal hunter-gatherers, is not accurate, nor is it possibly even the truth. Hancock’s investigations of ancient monuments across the globe suggest that these massive, intricate structures were built by a far more advanced group of people than simple hunter-gatherers, and his theory is not based purely on instinct; he has provided ample evidence to support his claims, however, archaeologists wish to silence him because what he suggests entirely contrasts what we have believed for centuries.
Essentially, Hancock believes that a period of history at the concluding years of the last Ice Age, along with its inhabitants, have been lost, and he wishes to pull back the curtain and shine a light on this missing piece.
The first episode of the series literally had me gasping at points, and every episode becomes more enticing with what Hancock investigates. He consults with professionals all over the world and visits areas like Indonesia, Mexico, Peru and more to compare his own findings with others, and what he has discovered thus far is truly mind-blowing.
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