The archaeologist in me cringed the entire time I was reading the part I did read. I didn't finish. I tried... The worst kind of fringe archaeology, and reluctant to stack itself against mainstream archaeology, at least from what I read.

Reviewing my notes from when I read this, and one word stands out .... rubbishy.

References to Greek and Egyptian mythology; stories of lost worlds; crystal skulls; Meso-America; Homer; Plato; Atlantis; the Land of Mu.

Read it at your peril - and only if this sort of thing takes your fancy. Obviously I read it - I do like a good lost civilisation story - emphasis on the good. This is something I would pick up at a train station or airport for a quick, "I have time to kill", read.