Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2026-06-11
Steven Bartlett & Graham Hancock: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Archaeology WARNING: They Secretly Found Antarctica 300 Years Before Us - Graham Hancock
What is ancient astronomy hiding about our true history? Graham Hancock reveals the catastrophe that erased 12,800 years of our past, what the Great Pyramid is actually trying to tell us, and what he refuses to leave unsaid with heart surgery just weeks away.
Graham Hancock discussed Mankind in Amnesia by Immanuel Velikovsky and Hamlet's mill by Giorgio De Santillana.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mankind in Amnesia
Discussed“That's why I refer to us as a species with amnesia. And when I use that phrase, I need to give credit to Immanuel Velikovsky, who wrote a book called Mankind in Amnesia.”
Where to get it
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Hamlet's mill
Hamlet's mill by Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha von Dechend is a scholarly history of science book that explores how ancient myths encode astronomical knowledge, specifically the precession of the equinoxes.
Discussed“A very important academic study published in the 1960s, a book called Hamlet's Mill by Giorgio de Santillana, Professor of the History of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and head of the foundation Professor of history of science.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Fingerprints of the gods
“the book that put me on the map was Fingerprints of the Gods. And that's the book where I really investigate begin to investigate the possibility of a lost civilization.”
Plugged The Sign and the Seal
“Before that came The Sign and the Seal, which was which was about Ethiopia's claim to possess the lost Ark of the Covenant. It happened that as a reporter in the 1980s, I spent a lot of time in Ethiopia, and I came across this tradition...”
Plugged Keeper of Genesis
“Then, after Fingerprints of the Gods, there's a book that's not here, which is Keeper of Genesis, that I wrote with Robert Bauval.”
Plugged Underworld
“Underworld. This was 7 years of scuba diving that Santha and I did all around the world following up tips from local fishermen, local divers.”
Plugged Supernatural
“Then, after Underworld, I wrote Supernatural, which is that one there. Which has been reissued in America under the title Visionary.”
Plugged Visionary
“Which has been reissued in America under the title Visionary.”