Graham Hancock
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| Born |
2 August 1950 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Occupation | Author |
| Known for | Author, The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, The Message of the Sphinx, Entangled, War God, Magicians of the Gods |
| Website | www |
Graham Hancock (/ˈhænkɒk/; born 2 August 1950) is a British writer and journalist. Hancock specialises in unconventional theories involving ancient civilisations, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths and astronomical/astrological data from the past. One of the main themes running through many of his books is a posited global connection with a "mother culture" from which he believes all ancient historical civilisations sprang. An example of pseudoarchaeology, his work has neither been peer reviewed nor published in academic journals.
Born in Edinburgh, Hancock spent his formative years in India, where his father worked as a surgeon. Having returned to the UK, he graduated from Durham University in 1973, receiving a First Class Honours degree in sociology. As a journalist, Hancock worked for many British papers, such as The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and The Guardian. He co-edited New Internationalist magazine from 1976 to 1979, and served as the East Africa correspondent of The Economist from 1981 to 1983.
Hancock describes himself as an "unconventional thinker who raises controversial questions about humanity’s past". Prior to 1990 his works dealt mainly with problems of economic and social development. Since 1990 his works have focused mainly on speculative connections he makes between various archaeological, historical, and cross-cultural phenomena.
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