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Graham Hancock got a lot of people talking about pre-historical human civilizations. Explaining a lot of evidence all over the planet that Western historians just ignored.
Sure wasn't the Greeks or Romans or Egyptians that built/made/buried all of that stuff in China, SE Asia, India, South America. They were just as smart everywhere. But it didn't sell as many books.
Never heard of the guy, when did he start publishing this stuff? David Graeber talked about the advanced civilization that existed in China and the Islamic world during the European Middle Ages, and Kim Stanley Robinson alluded to the same point in The Years of Rice and Salt.
Most Docus have hosts visit places and recite the standard history. Leaving out most of the unsolved mysteries that don't fit the standard narrative.
Hancock has literally travelled the world for decades visiting places. And documenting his finds. Try Wikipedia for his book list. Start book: 1985 Fingerprints of the Gods.
Several times on Rogan. Also made a Netflix series aired a couple years back.