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Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE: The History, Technology, and Philosophy of Civilization X

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This book is a very welcome look at ancient Egypt. Some of what Malkowski investigates is great: he exposes archaeological problems, strange artifacts, new evidence and enigmas, shines the light on weak or contradictory evidence and theories. All well and good and necessary. I love open-minded investigations and science can only benefit from removing blinders and digging deeper. This book is in the inquisitive nature of Von Daniken, to always question and remain open to the new.

However, Malkowski also suffers a bit from the same "wild speculations" disorder that many of the members of "fringe" historians/scientists do. He can't seem to relax into the proposal that, yes, quite probably Egyptian civilization or its precursors are far older and more advanced than we give them credit for being. He almost crosses that Sitchen-line from inquisitiveness into well maybe it was ancient gods or extraterrestrials who did it? Not necessary. He goes up and maybe peeks over, but should stay well on this side of the fence. My fear is that this book is misunderstood and lumped in with the kooky trash rather than being read on its own merits. But basically, Malkowski does a great service and should be commented for it.

Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE is a fact-filled, fascinating read that raises many important questions.

While the idea the Giza monuments were not built by Egyptians and may be older and of a different purpose than currently believed is obviously nothing new, Malkowski lays out a compelling and sober case based on verifiable facts and common sense observations providing yet another example of why such notions are not as far fetched as they may seem. A well researched, well presented collection of known controversies, conflicting data, technological and even anthropological anomalies, intermingled with original insight and new discoveries, helps create a greater context unique to this particular book making it well worth the read. Definitely a cut above most of the genre and despite the title is not as fantastical as it seems. To his credit, as is often the fate of other such writers, Malkowski's final conclusions are not irreparable nose dives over the deep end of speculative fancy which would normally destroy the credibility of an otherwise fine piece of work. Close, but he is able to pull back in time before the damage is done leaving himself and the reader relatively unscathed. Definitely one of the better books I had read on the subject in a long time.

There are many books and authors out there who are dedicated to the idea of an ancient prehistoric civilization which existed over 10,000 years ago. Mr Malkowski brings much of the evidence that civilization was in much of Egypt way before the Dynastic Periods. Much of the information I had heard before, but this book goes into greater detail and is updated with a few new discoveries.

The Great Spinx has a chapter on the water erosion and takes a look at British geologist Colin Reader's work that states the Great Sphinx was built during the time orthodox Egyptologists claim. There is a very interesting part of the book on erosion effects and it gets pretty deep to show how Mr Reader's claims do not hold up to scrutiny.

There is also a few chapters on the purpose of the pyramids, and Mr Malkowski suggests they were used to ionize the atmosphere to help grow crops in the areas. It does seem like a lot of work, but if it paid off in the next few thousand years in abundant food supplies the peoples of antiquity did get their money's worth. There are so many books on the pyramids out there it is difficult to state what they were used for, but the power supply theories do make sense. What that power was used for still is a mystery.

There is much other evidence gathered to support the hypothesis the author makes, mainly the use of machine tools to do much of the work. Christopher Dunn's work gets a lot of citings in this book as his work has much merit.

Mr Malkowski also looks at the possible cataclymic events that could of led to the wiping out of Civilization X, and he thinks it is possible a hypernova caused lethal gamma rays to wipe out much of the population of humans and large animals.

The author stays away from archeoastronomy and anything related to ancient aliens to make his case. My one problem is much of the book is a retread of other people's work from Christopher Dunn to Graham Hancock. Still, the book is a good read and does have enough information and physical evidence to make the case for the existence of Civilization X. No smoking gun (although the Great Sphinx is the closest to the smoking gun found in my opinion), but the author does rightly think that the vast majority of the evidence is still buried in the sand. Including possible Halls of Record which might reveal who Civilization X was once and for all.

I loved this book, I love history and especially anything about egypt. There is so much to discuss in this book. We need more works like this!

YOU MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ENIGMAS OF 4000 BC EGYPT TO APPRECIATE THIS BOOK. IF YOU ARE IN THAT GROUP, YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SCHOLARSHIP AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTED HERE. DON'T MISS THE APPENDIX -- THERE IS A BOOK BY A FRENCH AUTHOR THAT WILL TAKE YOU DEEPER INTO THE MYSTERY. THEN, YOU MUST READ BLAVATSKY AND STICHIN TO GET YOUR MIND STRAIGHT ON OUR TRUE ORIGINS. THIS IS NOT THE EASY ROAD -- BUT, IT IS THE ONLY ROAD.

Malkowski's contention is that the traditional Egyptologists ignore idea that the existence of a much more advanced technology built the monuments and statues of ancient Egypt. He mentions that a kingdom of "gods" built a civilization that ended many years before this building. Hmmm!

This is a title that should bring you into shallow thought. While his notions are welcome, the belief in them needs more convincing. I don't buy it all at this time...