Hey Textcritic, thanks for the education, are you able to comment on some of the more compelling (or "wooing") arguments presented by Hancock and Carlson?:
1. The concept that the Egyptians and Sumerians were at their technological peak at the start of their cultures and and how they became less technologically sophisticated with the passage of time (ie - The pyramids made by early Egyptians were larger and more geometrically precise than the later pyramids). This technological decline is often cited as an indication that technology was gifted to the Egyptians by a third party and the Egyptians were unequipped to maintain this level of technology. They also claim the Egyptians own historical record confirms this.
2. What do you think of people claiming water erosion on the sphinx proves it predates Egyptian culture?
3. Do you have an opinion on Gobekli Tepe? (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe ) They often site the age (built in 10,000 BC) and sophistication of the temple as being so anomalous to the current model of the development of civilization, that it calls our whole concept of human history into question.