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The heart of Hancock’s work confronts decades-old academic dogma. For years, mainstream archaeologists insisted that complex megalithic structures and advanced civilizations only appeared thousands of years ago, typically around 6000 years—for instance, Malta’s Gigantija site or Egypt’s pyramids. Hancock highlights groundbreaking discoveries like Göbekli Tepe, a site in Turkey dating to 11,600 years ago, predating previous oldest-known megalithic sites by thousands of years. This shockingly older date disputes the idea that hunter-gatherers couldn't have built such monuments.