No, There Wasn't an Advanced Civilization 12,000 Years Ago

[rangerrebew]

No, There Wasn't an Advanced Civilization 12,000 Years Ago

Did an advanced civilization disappear more than 12,000 years ago?

    By Michael Shermer | Scientific American June 2017 Issue
 

Credit: Izhar Cohen

Graham Hancock is an audacious autodidact who believes that long before ancient Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Egypt there existed an even more glorious civilization. One so thoroughly wiped out by a comet strike around 12,000 years ago that nearly all evidence of its existence vanished, leaving only the faintest of traces, including, Hancock thinks, a cryptic warning that such a celestial catastrophe could happen to us. All this is woven into a narrative entitled Magicians of the Gods (Thomas Dunne Books, 2015). I listened to the audio edition read by the author, whose British accent and breathless, revelatory storytelling style are confessedly compelling. But is it true? I'm skeptical.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-there-wasnt-an-advanced-civilization-12-000-years-ago/

[Sanguine]

Shermer skeptical? 

[Free Vulcan]

The article is pretty weak. More like a rant than an argument.

[EC]

The article is pretty weak. More like a rant than an argument.

What do you expect from a sceptic - sense?
The evidence for the existance of a much older civilization is as valid as the evidence that one didn't exist.

Full disclosure - Robert Bauval (who's worked with Hancock) is a friend of the family. Wife did some translation for him and we became friends.