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the idea that many ancient structures were built facing a star constellation that was important to the culture that created it. The sphinx for example, which has lion characteristics, was built to face the constellation of Leo. In the modern sky it no long faces that constellation, Leo having moved round due to the precessional movements. It is then only a short logical step to wind back the star clock to see when in history the sphinx did face Leo and that will give you the date of its creation. Even if the actual structure was built later, it's planning must reflect the time suggested. This idea of matching ancient structures to a star clock can then be applied to many other locations. With this theory tucked under our belts, we the reader are taken on an odyssey of the worlds oldest and most sacred sites, from the pyramids of Egypt to the enigmatic statues of Easter Island, from the haunting ruins of South America to the beauty of Ankor Wat. And when the theory of precession is applied the date that comes up is not only similar across the globe, it is of a date that is surprising in its age.

The book is part astronomy, part archaeology and part detective work, many of the ideas will be new but are fascinating none the less. The text is concise, not the usual over whelming mass of information and acts as a not only a good introduction to Graham Hancock's weightier tomes but as a great place to dip your toe in the waters of alternative or forbidden archaeology as its dramatically known. Unlike his other works this book is filled with a mass of gloriously sumptuous photographs and is worth the cover price for these alone. The photographic work lifts the books out of a purely academic category and adds a much-needed splash of colour and beauty into a subject that can seem not just dry, but often arid.

As a starting point to alternative archaeology, I can recommend no better book, and even if like me, you didn't see the TV series, this book is an easy read to novices and devotees alike. The Daily Mail put this book on a top ten books that could change your life, and whilst that might be going a bit far, it will hopefully stir up enough interest that you will want to get further into the subject, and explore this fast growing, popular interest area

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