Graham Hancock became interested in lost, technologically advanced civilizations after
watching which movie?
What is Raiders of the Lost Ark?
100
The "Arabian Giant" photo by IronKite was created using a picture of the excavation of which
creature?
What is a Mastodon?
100
Which museum is literally at the center of the "giant" conspiracy?
What is the Smithsonian?
100
The fossil of Homo diluvii testis was actually a species of _________, not a giant human.
What is an extinct giant salamander?
100
Rather than a giant human, the tooth Cotton Mather discovered in New York belonged to:
What is a Mastodon?
200
What crucial architectural element was used in ancient Old World arches but not in New World
arches?
What is keystone?
200
Which famous novel by Jules Verne helped to re-popularize the idea of Atlantis?
What is 20,000 leagues under the sea?
200
What is the name of the civilization James Churchwood thought inhabited the continent of Mu?
What is the Naacal Civilization?
200
According to Le Plongeon which real civilization did the residents of Mu establish after the
continent sunk?
What is the Mayan civilization?
200
Plato's explanation for the collapse of Atlantis
a. Continued inter-breeding with mortals
b. Became greedy
c. Tried to invade Athens
i. Athens becomes the hero
d. Earthquakes and floods bury Atlantis forever
300
How many baktuns are in a Mayan Great Cycle?
What is 13?
300
Which two Mayan calendars were involved in the doomsday prophecy?
What is Tzolkin and Tun?
300
The "continent" on Oronteus Finaeus's 1531 Map is most likely the island of:
What is Tierra del Fuego - located on the archipelago of South America?
300
On which continent was Graham Hancock's ancient master civilization located?
What is Antartica?
300
First, it is important to point out that to prove that the _____________ pyramids are not just
natural geological features but, instead, the product of human labor, there must be substantial
archaeological evidence in the region for the infrastructure necessary for their construction.
What is Bosnian?
400
______________ believed that there had been a single genius culture, the source of all human
cultural development.
What is Diffusionists?
400
Any claim of the sudden appearance, fully formed, of _______________ is utterly false and
reflects a lack of familiarity with its actual development.
What is Egyptian Pyramids?
400
Predating and presaging the pyramids, early Egyptian rulers were buried in ___________, singlestory,
mudbrick monuments.
What is Mastabas?
400
Like the Step Pyramid and the Collapsed Pyramid before it, the ___________ Pyramid clearly
reflects a process of trial and error (plenty of errors in fact) that characterizes the evolution of the
Egyptian pyramids and, in fact, just about any human technology.
What is bent?
400
Unlike Egyptian pyramids, __________ pyramids have steps leading to temples placed at their
apexes.
What is Mayan or Elliptical?
500
What is Hyperdiffusion?
a. One mother culture spread all ingenious innovations/inventions to the dummies of the world
b. No independent invention
c. Or Parallel development
d. Of writing, mummification, pyramids, agriculture, math, art, etc.
500
Reasons why hyperdiffusion is a popular explanation for the American archaeological record
the continent wasn't supposed to exist
Recent origin of all people
Nationalist views
Money
President Andrew Jackson (1930)
i. Quote: thought the mound builders were of a different "superior race" as opposed to the natives already there
ii. Indian removal act
People you may need to know:
1. Jose de Acosta (1540-1600)
- Spanish Jesuit Missionary
- america once a land-bridge between Asia and America
- Humans and animals traveled over this before Noah's Flood
But how did they get so advanced?
1. Lost tribes of Israel
- 10 lost tribes of Israel after Assyrian conquest in 722 BC
2. 1650- British preacher Thomas Thorowgood
- Having trouble converting local groups
- Reason- Jews wouldn't become Christians
500
What are von Däniken's three main arguments?
1. Pareidolia argument (all pyramids look alike)
2. Amorous Astronaut
- Human biological evolution has extra terrestrial intervention
3. Ancient people were stupid
- Some things way to advanced to have been made by people
500
What were the two main inspirations for H. P. Lovecraft's stories?
What is theosophy and ancient mythology?
500
What is de-evolution?
the idea that People in the past were:
i. Smarter
ii. Peaceful
iii. Utopian
iv. Taller, healthier, long lived
v. Enlightened
vi. In short, they had solutions to all of our problems