Was an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that ended the last Ice Age? In this illustrated overview Graham Hancock surveys archaeological and DNA evidence to argue that the Americas were peopled more than 130,000 years ago, long before humans became established elsewhere. Traveling from the Mississippi Valley to the Amazon rainforest, Hancock posits that the ancient inhabitants of the Americas shared a legacy of advanced scientific knowledge and sophisticated spiritual beliefs with other cultures around the world.