Ancient Apocalypse (2022)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Ancient Apocalypse is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Graham Hancock
Self / Creator
Keanu Reeves
Self - Actor
Leo Pakarati
Self - Documentarian
Jesus Gamarra
Self - Researcher in Archaeology
Will Fewkes
Cinematography
Mark Molesworth
Cinematography
Marc Tiley
Director / Producer
Rhyss Hall
Editor
Sebastian Duthy
Editor
Aimee Silverman
Producer
Rebecca Joy
Producer
Bruce Kennedy
Producer
Clementine Mortleman
Producer
Shinta Oktania Retnani
Producer
Joshua Gray
Producer
Joe Rogan
Self
Danny Hilman Natawidjaja
Self
Geoffrey McCafferty
Self
Mark Brink Jr.
Self
Randall Carlson
Self
Allen West
Self
Martin Sweatman
Self
Ali Akbar
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 11, 2022
StatusReturning Series
Seasons2
Episodes14
Running Time35m
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This TV Show Is About.
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Ancient Apocalypse is a Netflix series, where the British writer Graham Hancock presents his pseudoarchaeological theory that there was an advanced civilization during the last ice age and that it was destroyed as a result of meteor impacts around 12,000 years ago. He proposes that survivors passed on their knowledge to hunter-gatherers around the world, giving rise to all earliest known civilizations. The episodes feature Hancock visiting archaeological sites and natural features which he claims show evidence of this. He repeatedly alleges that archaeologists are ignoring or covering up the evidence.
Archaeologists and other experts say that the series presents pseudoscientific claims that lack evidence, cherry picks, and fails to present the counter-evidence. A statement from the Society for American Archaeology condemned the theories presented as having a "long-standing association with racist, white supremacist ideologies" and accused Hancock of "seeking to cause harm to [...] our profession in the public eye". Some non-academic reviewers also found the theories unconvincing and criticized Hancock's complaints about 'mainstream archaeology' as one-sided and evocative of conspiracy theories. Some experts featured in the first series complained that footage of them was presented in a misleading way.
The first season of the series, produced by ITN Productions, was released on Netflix in November 2022. A second season, featuring actor Keanu Reeves alongside Hancock, is focused on the Americas and was released in October 2024.