Fingerprints of the Gods Themes

Graham Hancock
This Study Guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Fingerprints of the Gods.

Fingerprints of the Gods Themes

Graham Hancock
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Periods of Time, Precession, and Prediction

Christian historian Eusebius tries to reconcile Manetho's 25,000 year history with a 2242 year bible history by claiming Egyptians mean months by their term "years." However, Hancock relies on archaeology and astronomy to support his hypotheses many times the few biblical "years" in the period Eusebius is willing to consider. Hancock describes earth's orbital path in Chapters 28 and 29 that claims one full cycle earth axis oscillation, called a "nod," takes 41,000 years. Gravity of the sun and planets influence earth's elliptic orbit called "eccentricity." Planets aligned, or in conjunction, exert greater gravitational effects. Modern astrologers forecast the planets to be in perfect conjunction, occurring once in 45,200 years, on the same date Mayans predict the Fifth Sun ends. The zodiac, charted on page 240 is spaced evenly on a 360 degree circular ecliptic rim around the sun observed as "housed" in zodiac constellations consecutively for 2160 years each. The sun's...

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