title: Ancient Traces: Mysteries in Ancient and Early History
author:  Michael Baigent 
description: This text discusses 20 mysteries which challenge our accepted view of history. Topics covered include: were there ancient contacts between Europe and America?; could Atlantis have existed?; the true age of the great pyramid; was there a worldwide catastrophe around 10,000 BC?
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  ## PENGUIN BOOKS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### ANCIENT TRACES
  
  
  
  
  
  Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in
  Psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch. Since 1976 he has lived
  in England with his wife and children in order to research and write. He was
  recently awarded an MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience from the
  University of Kent.
  
  
  He has also written _From the Omens of Babylon_ and, with Richard Leigh, has
  co-authored a number of books, including the international bestseller, _The
  Holy Blood and the Holy Grail_ (with Henry Lincoln), _The Dead Sea Scrolls
  Deception, Secret Germany, The Elixir and the Stone_ and _The Inquisition_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  MICHAEL BAIGENT
  
  
  # ANCIENT TRACES
  
  
  _Mysteries in Ancient and Early History_
  
  
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