"The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors-- known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their great ships doing all in their power to keep the spark...

Examines such archaeological remains as Stonehenge, the Easter Island statues, and the Minoan ruins on Crete and speculates about the vanished civilizations that built them.

Provides information on the cities of five lost ancient civilizations, discussing attempts to find them, excavations of them, and what these excavations reveal about the civilizations that created and lived in the cities.