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The article presents a classic analysis of archaeological findings from the Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd century BC) in the necropolis north of ancient Budva (today's Montenegro), discovered in the 1950s.
The book is the most readable and complete overview of the evidence that human civilization has already been nearly wiped out of the universe once – and that such cycles may repeat themselves every few tens of thousands of years.
Hancock's evidence reveals not only the clear footprints of an unknown civilization that flourished during the last ice age, but also the terrifying truth about the scale of the catastrophe that wiped out almost all traces of it.
The penultimate volume of the History edition opens up a vast panorama of world history from 1190 to the present day, encompassing the Middle Ages, the Modern Age, and the Modern Era.
Debenham (1883–1965), a British geographer and glaciologist, a participant in Scott's Antarctic expedition Terra Nova (1910–1913, surviving as only one of five), here synthesizes the history of exploration as an epic story of human curiosity and courage.