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Dead Men's Secrets: Tantalising Hints of a Lost Super Race (Paperback)

by Jonathan Gray (Author)
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  • Paperback: 392 pages
  • Publisher: AuthorHouse (27 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1418425559
  • ISBN-13: 978-1418425555
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 591,452 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the timid souls!, 19 Jun 2009
By CN BRYARS (Suffolk, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Men's Secrets (Paperback)
This book just may change your life.
That phrase has been grossly overused hasn't it? I've even seen it used on the back of a fairly mediocre cookbook! (The scallops were "quite nice" rather than life-changing to be honest.....)
In this case however it is true, because it has changed mine.
I've long been interested in the idea of lost "super-civilisations" from antiquity, but in many cases I couldn't get to grips with the fact that most of the proposed theories required something I couldn't give out easily - huge amounts of faith! (we tend not to use that commodity too much in Engineering!)
Interesting how many books propose to fly in the face of religion but still ask for FAITH! - Hmmmm. Not that different to religion after all.
Mr Gray has taken a novel but effective approach to this problem, about 80% of the whole book is EVIDENCE.
The basic story goes something like this........
Tens of thousands of years ago, humans worked their way up to a level of high intelligence, with technology & weapons comparable to our own today. Human nature being what it is, these civilisations engaged in a war so fierce, most of mankind was destroyed. The shell-shocked survivors carried on living as "cavemen" who then reproduced, slowly regained their knowledge, intelligence & technology over many years. This cycle is said to have repeated itself many times - the rise & fall of mankind.
Mr. Gray has attacked this problem in a sure and systematic way. He takes each subject in turn (ie. Sea-faring, architecture, medicine etc.) then finds evidence of these ancient technologies globally to corroborate it.
I personally found that the content LOOKED a little on the "dry" side due to the vast tomes of backup evidence, but let me tell you that this feeling soon changed!
I'm not sure a book has ever enthralled me as much!
It was practically welded to my hands for the next day or two, my mind squirming to absorb the information contained within!
The wonderful thing about this book is that the author is basically saying -
"Here's all the proof you need that we've been around a wee bit longer than a piddly 5000 years. Take it all in, make up your mind, now go do some further research if you are interested!"
Mr Gray does not attempt to blind you with science, patronise or mislead you into thinking in his own way. Like a lawyer, he just states the facts.
It is probably fair to suggest that some of the evidence in question is perhaps not "concrete", (after all an ancient oral myth from Fiji can only be as accurate if it's tellers over the years have not embellished things!) but again, Mr Gray cannot neccessarily be blamed for that.
As for some of the "concrete" items, try these on for size:

1) An ancient sword made of bronze (a soft metal) that has an edge harder than high quality steel. We could not do that today!

2) Staggering knowledge of aviation from ancient India including documents on how to manufacture & fly an aircraft & it's use in aerial combat. These documents are similar in general content to modern aviation regulations (I should know -I work in the Aerospace industry!)

3) Ancient artefacts unearted in Armenia of synthetic alloy construction that are of a microscopic size - that's right, you'd need a magnifying system to make tham!

The list goes on. These are even some of the more "tame" discoveries. Ever get the feeling something was missing from "conventional" history books? Me too. Get reading - and prepare to be blown asunder!
The main thing that this book has given me personally is a burning desire to explore & research for myself certain aspects of the contents. I'm sure it will do the same for you, in fact, it just may change your life.
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