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Ancient Civilizations

A list of books about ancient civilizations mentioned on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Fingerprints of the Gods
by Graham Hancock

most mentioned
Magicians of the Gods
by Graham Hancock

most mentioned
Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (The Fabrication of Ancient Greece 1785-1985, Volume 1)
by Martin Bernal
The 12th Planet: Book I of the Earth Chronicles
by Zecharia Sitchin
Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization
by Robert M. Schoch Ph.D. & Robert Bauval
Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race
by Michael A. Cremo & Richard L. Thompson

conspiracy
Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future
by Robert M. Schoch Ph.D.
Plato Never Lied: Atlantis Is In Indonesia
by Danny Hilman Natawidjaya
Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt
by John Anthony West
The Traveler’s Key to Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Sacred Places
by John Anthony West
Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids from Lost Egypt to Ancient America
by Robert M. Schoch
Stonehenge Decoded
by Gerald S. Hawkins
Chariots of the Gods
by Erich von Däniken
America Before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock
Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
by Graham Hancock
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History
by Samuel Noah Kramer

history
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
by Brian C. Muraresku

religion
The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries
by R. Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann & Carl A. P. Ruck
The Giza Power Plant: Technologies of Ancient Egypt
by Christopher Dunn
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
by Ignatius Donnelly
Understanding Collapse: Ancient History and Modern Myths
by Guy D. Middleton
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
by Eric H. Cline
Secrets of the Great Pyramid
by Peter Tompkins
Giza: The Truth
Ian Lawton & Chris Ogilvie-Herald
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt: Advanced Engineering in the Temples of the Pharaohs
by Christopher Dunn
Giza: The Tesla Connection: Acoustical Science and the Harvesting of Clean Energy
by Christopher Dunn
Under the Sphinx: the Search for the Hieroglyphic Key to the Real Hall of Records
by Manu Seyfzadeh
Giza and the Pyramids
by Mark Lehner & Zahi Hawass
The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the Pharaohs
by Zahi Hawass
Heaven’s Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilization
by Graham Hancock & Santha Faiia