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Magicians of the Gods
	First edition (UK)
Author	Graham Hancock
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	Prehistory, Atlantis pseudohistory
Published	UK: 10 September 2015 (Coronet/Hodder & Stoughton); US: 10 November 2015 (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press);
Publication date	2015
ISBN	978-1-250-11840-0

Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilisation is a 2015 book by British pseudoarchaeology^[1]^[2] writer Graham Hancock, published by Thomas Dunne Books in the United States^[3] and by Coronet in the United Kingdom.^[4] Macmillan Publishers released an "updated and expanded" paperback edition in 2017.^[5]

A sequel to Hancock's Fingerprints of the Gods (1995), the book builds on the premise that a highly advanced "lost civilisation" operated in prehistory but was destroyed in a global catastrophe. Hancock seeks an explanation for his catastrophe in the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, suggesting that around 10,800 BC the fragments of a large comet struck the earth, causing widespread destruction, climate change, and sea-level rise.^[6] He then recounts that the survivors of this catastrophe, the titular "Magicians", dispersed across the world to pass on the knowledge of their lost civilisation. He links this to the construction of various ancient monuments, including Göbekli Tepe, Baalbek, the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza, some of which Hancock claims to be much older than mainstream archaeologists determined.^[7]

Literary reviewers found the book ludicrous but entertaining,^[3]^[8] whilst sceptic and mainstream academic reviewers criticised Hancock for a litany of factual errors, for selective use of evidence and for logical fallacies.^[9]^[2] However, some tempered their skepticism as further evidence came out in support of the impact hypothesis.^[10]^[11] The book appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list in the category "Religion, Spirituality and Faith" in December 2015.^[12]

^ Fagan 2006, pp. xvi.
^ ^a ^b Defant 2017.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cowdrey, Katherine (13 March 2017). "Coronet acquires two books from Graham Hancock". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ "Magicians of the Gods | Graham Hancock". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ Boslough, Mark (March 2023). "Apocalypse!". Skeptic Magazine. 28 (1): 51–59.
^ "Magicians of the Gods (2015)". Graham Hancock Official Website. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Michael Shermer [@michaelshermer] (11 March 2020). "Ok @Graham__Hancock I shall adjust my priors in light of more research like this, and modify my credence about your theory... "Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60867-w" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Defant, Marc J. (5 June 2020). "The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021. I recently had some correspondence with Graham, and he suggested I read a recent book by James Lawrence Powell entitled Deadly Voyager: The Ancient Comet Strike that Changed Earth and Human History (2020). It is a superb book and has absolutely convinced me there were comet airbursts at the Younger Dryas.
^ "Religion, Spirituality and Faith Books – Best Sellers". The New York Times. 13 December 2015. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[FOOTNOTEFagan2006xvi-1] Fagan 2006, pp. xvi.

[FOOTNOTEDefant2017-2] Defant 2017.

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[4] Cowdrey, Katherine (13 March 2017). "Coronet acquires two books from Graham Hancock". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[5] "Magicians of the Gods | Graham Hancock". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[6] Boslough, Mark (March 2023). "Apocalypse!". Skeptic Magazine. 28 (1): 51–59.

[7] "Magicians of the Gods (2015)". Graham Hancock Official Website. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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[Shermer_YDIH-10] Michael Shermer [@michaelshermer] (11 March 2020). "Ok @Graham__Hancock I shall adjust my priors in light of more research like this, and modify my credence about your theory... "Evidence of Cosmic Impact at Abu Hureyra, Syria at the Younger Dryas Onset (~12.8 ka): High-temperature melting at >2200 °C" https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60867-w" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[Defant_YDIH-11] Defant, Marc J. (5 June 2020). "The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis". Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021. I recently had some correspondence with Graham, and he suggested I read a recent book by James Lawrence Powell entitled Deadly Voyager: The Ancient Comet Strike that Changed Earth and Human History (2020). It is a superb book and has absolutely convinced me there were comet airbursts at the Younger Dryas.

[12] "Religion, Spirituality and Faith Books – Best Sellers". The New York Times. 13 December 2015. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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