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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals, 7 Oct 2007
This is a hard review to write. Did I enjoy reading Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals? Absolutely, without a doubt. Did I feel that the author made a good case for a connection between Atlantis and Neanderthals? No, not really. He never really got to that part in any real depth.
I started reading Atlantis and the Kingdom of the Neanderthals with great interest and enthusiasm. The author discussed the concepts that in the past our continental plates have shifted and that the earth's tilt has also changed. These are scientific facts that most people learn in high school. I was eager to see an examination of this movement as relates to Antarctica, how the author would place Neanderthals on Antarctica, how he would connect the two.
Unfortunately, the book quickly evolved in an attempt to present as much information as possible about every ancient mystery know to man: the pyramids of the Piri Reis map, Egypt, Mu, the Biblical floods, the man in the iron mask, the death of Jesus, and the Priory of Sion. Information about these topics ranged from scientific reports and solid data collection methodology to popular ancient mystery books and PBS specials to hearsay and theories by author friends.
My best advice is that you don't pick up this book because you wish to find out the connection between Atlantis and Neanderthals. Instead, pick up this book because it is full of interesting theories, summaries of information collected about a number of ancient mysteries, and contains a really great bibliography of like minded material.
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27 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Should Have Known Better, 24 Aug 2006
I had bought Colin's 'From Atlantis To The Sphinx' years ago and gave it away due to its lack of depth.
The same will happen with 'Atlantis And The Kingdom Of The Neanderthals'.
Colin does not write his own theories solely but keeps reffering to other peoples books and even Plugging his previous 'works' so any gullible seeker of truth will buy them and be led on a wild goose chase.
I found it hilarious that he regurgitated C. Hapgood's idea that the 16th century 'Piri Reis' map is derived from the sea faring knowledge of a 'lost civilization'...
...Anyone who has read Gavin Menzies '1421: The Year China Discovered The World' will now know the origin of these ramshackle Veneto-Genoese maps are Chinese in origin.
I am surprised Colin did not reffer to Gavin's work, but then it does not tie in with 'Atlantis' 'Out Of Body Experiances' etc but is grounded it hard reality.
The idea that the so-called 'Neanderthals' were capable if speach, making clothes and other items and living in a structered society is more than plausible, however Colin does not develop the theory into anything other than brief quotes in chapter 12 (The Old Ones) almost at the end of the book, for God's Sake!!!
Again if anyone is seeking anything tangible as to 'Atlantis' they are left with nothing to hold onto and will sink into the Depths of Delusion.
And quite what Roslyn, the Templars, Jesus and the Essenes have to do with the Neanderthals and Atlantis is anyones idea, but the real idea is to Ride on the Wave of Da Vinci Hysteria...
And also fill up an otherwise empty book.
The book is Scatter Brained, with no real direction.
And if Colin mentions Gurdjieff he should at least let the 'uninitiated' know who he was, what he did, and his own works, far superior to anything Colin is ever likely to produce.
With all due respects Mr Wilson, you may have written over 172 'books' but they pale in depth compared to the works of Gavin Menzies and G. I. Gurdjieff.
Note: I had to give it a "1 Star" otherwise the review would not be accepted with "0 Star"
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really quite a brilliant book, 8 Jan 2009
I cannot agree this book merits one star. It merits five.
The book is brilliant, if you have taken the time to study all the materials you need to understand this book, and that will probably be at least ten years of very hard work. But in the end, all that work is worth it.
This book is not for the casual reader, and one who has not exposed himself or herself to most of the literature he cites in the work, and understands that literature will not come within a trillion light years of understanding it. If you do not do all that work, you are going to dismiss this book with one star, or less, if you can get the page to take no stars.
Tom Simpson
Omaha, NE Obamaland
P.S. Even though my review only shows 4 stars, I really tried to give it 5 stars. Something is not working right on this page. It is a 5-star book!
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