Ancient Apocalypse
Ancient Apocalypse is a 2022 documentary series about the hypothesis of British journalist/writer Graham Hancock.
Journalist Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. Hancock's hypothesis are the basis of Ancient Apocalypse, a 2022 documentary series produced by Netflix. In the series, Hancock argues that an advanced ice age civilization was destroyed in a cataclysm, but that its survivors introduced agriculture, monumental architecture and astronomy to hunter-gatherers around the world. He attempts to show how several ancient monuments are evidence of this, and claims that archaeologists are ignoring or covering-up this alleged evidence. It incorporates ideas from the Comet Research Group (CRG), including the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis.
| Genre | Documentary |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Graham Hancock |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Number of Seasons | 1 |
| Number Episodes | 8 |
| List of Episodes | #Episodes |
| Executive Producer | Bruce Kennedy |
| Producer | Clementine Mortelman, Joshua Gray, Rebecca Joy, Marc Tiley |
| Runtime | 32 minutes |
| Company | ITN Productions |
| Distributor | Netflix |
| Network | Netflix |
| Released | 11-10-2022 |
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]In the series, Hancock's hypothesis that an advanced ice age civilization was destroyed in a cataclysm, but that its survivors introduced agriculture, monumental architecture and astronomy to hunter-gatherers around the world. He presents several ancient monuments as evidence of this, and claims that archaeologists are ignoring or covering-up this alleged evidence. It incorporates ideas from the Comet Research Group, including the controversial Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which attributes climate change at the end of the Pleistocene to a massive meteor bombardment.
Production and release
[edit | edit source]The series was produced by ITN Productions, and released by Netflix on 10 November 2022. Hancock's son Sean Hancock is "senior manager of unscripted originals" at Netflix.
It was the second most-watched series on Netflix in its week of release. Top 10 Shows and Movies: New Releases and Trending Today, November 15.
