Why people recommend it
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock is an alternative history book that investigates lost civilizations, ancient archaeology, and early human history in the Americas. Joe Rogan repeatedly recommended and discussed the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, describing it as an amazing and fascinating work. During conversations with guests like Greg Fitzsimmons and Bryan Callen, Rogan highlighted Hancock's arguments regarding advanced ancient civilizations in the Americas and the timeline of human history and language. In another episode, Rogan referenced Hancock's exploration of early European exploration in the Amazon basin. The book also surfaced in discussions with Ben van Kerkwyk, who noted the intense academic backlash Hancock faced, pointing out that the Journal of American Archaeology and the Society of American Archaeology dedicated a significant portion of their pages to attacking Hancock and his controversial theories. Across these podcast appearances, the participants engaged with Hancock's unorthodox interpretations of archaeological evidence, debating the timeline of human settlement and the rigidity of mainstream historical narratives regarding ancient human capabilities.
Who recommended it
- Joe Rogan Recommended
- Ben van Kerkwyk Discussed
Joe Rogan — 5 mentions
“um you ever read the book um the Ice Age inheritance”
“because the first european explorers when they went to the amazon according to grant hancock in his book which is called america before um the first european explorers when they came to the amazon they were like oh my god this is incredible”
“And when you talk to a guy like graham hancock who has that amazing book right there called america before [ __ ] That's a good book”
“and when you talk to a guy like graham hancock who has that amazing book right there called america before”
“i had graham hancock on last week and we were going over his new book this book um where is it isn't it right here jamie it's right there it's [__] up it's excellent and graham was talking about it's called america before”
Ben van Kerkwyk — 1 mention
“The Journal of American archaeology or the Society of American archaeology dedicated 27 pages in a journal three years ago to attacking Hancock for his book America before”
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Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and I dived back into it and and ended up writing another couple of books magicians of the Gods and America before which we talked about on your show back in 20 in 2019...”
“and ended up writing another couple of books magicians of the Gods and America before which we talked about on your show back in 20 in 2019”
“the publication date is the 29th of september and that's also the same publication date as the paperback of my lost civilization book america before i want to be clear that the immortality key is brian's book”
“this is the hardback of america before which we which we talked about the last time i was on your show and uh america before has been in hardback for the past 18 months”
“um and we were just talking about your your new book america before that there's two versions of it”