Title: Hancock lacks insight and knowledge.
Product review: The topics covered in the book are nothing new - who built the Great Pyramid and how, pyramids and huge stone monuments in South America, Hapgood's theory of shifting of earth crust, etc. They have been covered before, and covered more effectively.What's most unfortunate about this rehash is that Mr. Hancock does not seem to possess enough technical or scientific knowledge to speculate and ask intelligent questions on any of the things he sees on his extensive (must have been expensive, too) trips. All he does is to repeat what's been speculated in the past, without offering any new perspective. When he muses about ancient myths, he doesn't offer any poetic inspiration either, the way Joseph Campbell did. It's plain that he is indeed interested in these topics, but if you look for his answers to these enigmas, there is none. The whole thing should have been a travelogue, nothing more.
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