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Civilization one

Christopher Knight

2004258 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2004
first published
  • 2004Watkins · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9781842931608
  • 2010Watkins · 272 pagesISBN 9781907486098
  • 2006Watkins · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9781842930953

This is the extraordinary story of how a quest to try to crack the mystery of the "Megalithic Yard" - an ancient unit of linear measurement - led to the discovery of compelling evidence pointing to the existence of an unknown, highly advanced culture which was the precusor to the earliest known civilizations such as the Sumerians and the Egyptians. There must have been a Civilization One.

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