The Lost Worlds of Ancient America: Compelling Evidence of Ancient Immigrants, Lost Technologies, and Places of Power

The format of this book is an anthology, which makes it an excellent book to take around with you and read an article as you sit and wait at the DMV for example. It is rather like reading a magazine, (about the archeological discoveries in the Americas, that are evidence of a rich culture here before Columbus arrived.) All the articles are of interest to person of a like mind...namely someone interested is learning about what their teachers never taught them in school about the history of the North American continent. Noone needs to take it all as fact...,just use the information as a springboard to your own research...it is a journey of discovery you will find fascintating.

I found it to be an interesting read. Although I had seen some of the stories in it on the History Channel or Travel Channel. However the book told more detail about some of the places than the actual TV show did. I had guessed that the shows were "doctored" for the sake of audience interest. At any rate, I found the stories of our ancient history to be quite interesting and far from what I had learned in school about our founding history and the people that really were here before Columbus.

The author has conducted a LOT of research. His findings are quite convincing, as to what was discovered, when it was discovered and by whom. That said, he does not always set forth an hypothesis as to just how the object(s) got to America. It seems that every day, more evidence is uncovered regarding visitors from Europe and Asia setting foot on the American continents. This leads me to believe that the missing pieces of the many puzzles described in the book will come to light in the future.

OK, I admit I am really into this type of ancient historical hypothesis. I love seeing real evidence that challenges mainstream science. I am someone that is willing to believe in different historical data than we are used too. heck, for that matter I will be willing to believe in Bigfoot, aliens or the Loch Ness monster -- but I need some proof, not just stories or legends. Alot of interesting theories are presented in this book. While some follow-up the theory with evidence (such as DNA tests, photos, etc), many just don't do anything to prove the case other than speculation and stories handed down. In fact some of the presented material has nothing to show other than speculation based on what someone said was told to them. And even then it is often based on something that was said or found by someone long dead and unable to verify. I would have preferred that the presented material be broken down by region (it jumped from North America to South America and all around throughout the book) then show the reader the hard facts, DNA tests and photos. Then if you want use conjecture and legend to help back-up your actual proof. Also there are some editing issues with the Kindle edition that made reading some passages difficult. Overall an interesting read, but some boring information with little proof thrown in which dragged down the factual parts.

As children the history we were taught was totally wrong. This book has been fascinating; and, I cannot wait to read the final story. I pray I get to read it in my lifetime! Thank you!

This book does not go very deep into most of these ancient places in America - it is up to you do further research. What Frank Joseph does is introduce these mostly unknown places to you in 2-5 pages, then leaves it up to you to make your own determination. I am quite interested in these ancient unknown places, and this book indeed does introduce you to many places that you probably did not know about. I have read other books from Frank Joseph, and pretty much anything published by him is pretty solid.

Fascinating. Definitely makes you want to look into the research that has been done on these tidbits. An enticing collection of anomalies in archeology. Not quite as detailed as I was hoping for with some material, but I don't regret buying it. If you are wanting detailed research, look into more specialized authors. Joseph is addressing these mysterious stories in a general way to shake us up a little and start looking beyond our old assumptions of history. Always a good thing.

This book arranged accounts into categories that presorted the information and arranged it for the reader in a logical way. I recommend this book for the reader who wants to know what actual data there is to support various theories of populating the Americas. Recent discoveries and reanalysis of previous finds point to different conclusions than are currently favored by entrenched academics.

Enjoying the book . It is very interesting and unbelievable. Also very educational. I would recommend this book to everyone as good reading.