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Dead Men's Secrets: Tantalising Hints of a Lost Super Race
REVISED Archaelogist Jonathan Gray stumbled upon something that shocked him!...a whole cache of "out of place" items that should not exist. And they weren't just in one place. There was a global pattern to them. This pattern showed a lost science and technology. That's when he knew someone had to speak up. This content was of tremendous value. - Did you know that the Egyptians bored into granite rock with drills that turned 500 times faster than modern power drills? -ANCIENT Did you know that a Chinese mapping survey of North America in 2200 BC described a sunrise over the Grand Canyon, black opals and gold nuggets in Nevada, and seals frolicking in San Francisco Bay? This is the most amazing archaeology book you'll ever see! Dead Men's Secrets is an assemblage of astonishing discoveries..... A lost super science emerges from the sea floor, jungle and desert sands of our planet... over 1,000 forgotten secrets. It will SHOCK you. SEE this world as you've never seen it before. DISCOVER answers you never had. GAIN a new enjoyment. HAVE FACTS at your fingertips to amaze your friends.
378 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 1986
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February 26, 2015
This book, if nothing else, will get you thinking. It covers ancient, archaeological discoveries that proposes that maybe our antediluvian past was an advanced technological society much like our own, or better, that was eventually wiped out during the Great Flood. He lists some extraordinary information that I believe most of the public may not be aware of.
Although it does come from a Christian viewpoint, I believe the author was not a Christian when he started out researching for this book. My only disappointment was the lack of more thorough documentation. I would have loved to have had more details on some of the discoveries. I am not sure if all of it is true, but I plan to research many of the things he talked about in this book. There were also some typos and it needed a better editor, but it wasn't annoying.
This book was fascinating and whatever your beliefs, I think you will find something interesting enough that will at least make you consider, "how much of our history do we really know"?
Highly recommended for those who love mysteries, archaeology and history!
Although it does come from a Christian viewpoint, I believe the author was not a Christian when he started out researching for this book. My only disappointment was the lack of more thorough documentation. I would have loved to have had more details on some of the discoveries. I am not sure if all of it is true, but I plan to research many of the things he talked about in this book. There were also some typos and it needed a better editor, but it wasn't annoying.
This book was fascinating and whatever your beliefs, I think you will find something interesting enough that will at least make you consider, "how much of our history do we really know"?
Highly recommended for those who love mysteries, archaeology and history!
April 28, 2019
Great read, read it through in one sitting, really makes you think if human history is anything like the history books teach, I think our past is far more mysterious than we know.
February 24, 2009
History like you've never imagined. Are we really smarter than our ancestors? The pre-flood world and shortly after holds more mysteries and more discoveries than even I imagined!
November 2, 2018
Jonathan Gray has many books well worth reading. I have met this author who lives in Thames NZ and was impressed with his sincerity. Only wish he had more photos and details of many things he describes. Everything I was able to research on the net I was able to verify and in some cases find photos or illustrations. The information the author has collated is phenomenal and history shattering and unfortunately not as well known as it should be. He gives credible information that supports and endorses a biblical framework of human history.
March 3, 2014
Great book for the widening of thinking and worldview.
I loved what it was trying to say, I felt it could have been written with more cohesion, and a lot less disembodied "lists" - more information and more detail on a few less facts would have given the book a lot more depth.
A book for the adventurous.
I loved what it was trying to say, I felt it could have been written with more cohesion, and a lot less disembodied "lists" - more information and more detail on a few less facts would have given the book a lot more depth.
A book for the adventurous.
April 18, 2013
It's more like a history text book that a non-history student will love it. Very simple and well researched book. I don't know how much of topics covered in this book are true but even if 10% of it is authentic than we have very interesting ppl as our ancestors.
February 24, 2009
History like you've never imagined. Are we really smarter than our ancestors? The pre-flood world and shortly after holds more mysteries and more discoveries than even I imagined!
June 27, 2012
Thought provoking!
April 21, 2014
It's written like a long list of facts, but it has some pretty interesting stuff. A lot of what he says makes some sense and then some things seem too far-fetched. But still very thought- provoking.
July 21, 2014
So much evidence all around us, but one rarely dares to voice one's thoughts. I am happy some do.
September 29, 2019
Interesting!
Lots of interesting stories and details. Since we know so little about pre-Flood history, the artifacts and legends presented in this book fill that void. Whether or not these suppositions are ultimately true is less important than whether a loving Creator disseminates knowledge for the benefit of His children. Unfortunately they usually turn that knowledge to their own destruction.
Lots of interesting stories and details. Since we know so little about pre-Flood history, the artifacts and legends presented in this book fill that void. Whether or not these suppositions are ultimately true is less important than whether a loving Creator disseminates knowledge for the benefit of His children. Unfortunately they usually turn that knowledge to their own destruction.
April 27, 2019
Hundreds of claims are made in this book, none of which are substantiated in the slightest. There is no supporting research or extant sources for almost all of the claims, and the vast majority appear to have been entirely fabricated. This book is Graham Hancock-tier garbage, though I do keep my copy around for emergency kindling.
December 4, 2022
Amazing
This was an amazing journey back in time. Gave me a whole new concept of the tower of Babel and why the languages were confused.
This was an amazing journey back in time. Gave me a whole new concept of the tower of Babel and why the languages were confused.
September 16, 2015
This book reads like some old role-playing books I used to enjoy. There was inevitably some section given over to describing the history of the fictional Earth; that section invariably consisted of a long list of dry facts that you quickly decided just to skim. The second half of Gray's book reads like that, but with less coherence or narrative and only slightly more references.
In fact, the role-playing analogy can be taken further. Go dig out some old Rifts books: many of them spell out an alternative Earth where all legends are based on fact, and magic has reawakened, revealing just how much the ancients knew and could do. Druid circles and ley lines and pyramids are all revealed to be forgotten lore, far superior to modern ingenuity.
This book claims exactly that, but it is not nearly so entertaining to read.
I genuinely tried to approach this with an open mind. Gray refers to some ancient artifacts that I would be interested to learn more about, but he gives no thorough descriptions or even references. What is more, these potential gems are buried in long lists of "evidence" that is clearly irrelevant. He seriously argues that ancient pictures of bird men prove that mankind could fly? Woe to the future archaeologists that discovers some dusty mirror of DeviantArt.
One mystery I have not tried to solve is when this book was actually written. The copyright is 2014, but I do not think there were any allusions to anything after the 1980s. At one point, he explicitly mocks modern man for failing to build the Channel Tunnel.
On a final note, Gray should be ashamed of his bait-and-switch approach to religious proselytizing.
my favorite quote: "In other words, evolution has an answer it likes, and is trying to make the questions, and the facts, fit its answer."
In fact, the role-playing analogy can be taken further. Go dig out some old Rifts books: many of them spell out an alternative Earth where all legends are based on fact, and magic has reawakened, revealing just how much the ancients knew and could do. Druid circles and ley lines and pyramids are all revealed to be forgotten lore, far superior to modern ingenuity.
This book claims exactly that, but it is not nearly so entertaining to read.
I genuinely tried to approach this with an open mind. Gray refers to some ancient artifacts that I would be interested to learn more about, but he gives no thorough descriptions or even references. What is more, these potential gems are buried in long lists of "evidence" that is clearly irrelevant. He seriously argues that ancient pictures of bird men prove that mankind could fly? Woe to the future archaeologists that discovers some dusty mirror of DeviantArt.
One mystery I have not tried to solve is when this book was actually written. The copyright is 2014, but I do not think there were any allusions to anything after the 1980s. At one point, he explicitly mocks modern man for failing to build the Channel Tunnel.
On a final note, Gray should be ashamed of his bait-and-switch approach to religious proselytizing.
my favorite quote: "In other words, evolution has an answer it likes, and is trying to make the questions, and the facts, fit its answer."
December 15, 2015
What a poor book. How can someone turn an interesting subject into something so boring?
It's either some kind of awful panel pretending to discuss issues, or 90% of the time just a long list.
I couldn't find any evidence of a lot of the interesting subjects, as this book had a severe lack of any evidence.
If you want to read about a lost civilization then read graham hancock and not this book.
It's either some kind of awful panel pretending to discuss issues, or 90% of the time just a long list.
I couldn't find any evidence of a lot of the interesting subjects, as this book had a severe lack of any evidence.
If you want to read about a lost civilization then read graham hancock and not this book.
April 18, 2015
Started off interesting, turned into a long boring list.
December 25, 2014
Mind-blowing !!!!
January 16, 2017
Good basic information and idea. I really need more scientific information and proofs with this type of book.
April 24, 2017
I put this book down four years ago; I think I can labeled it as "didn't finish" at this point. It was junk for an odd book club I participated in for work.
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