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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

Best Art Bell Episodes About Ancient Mysteries

Ancient mysteries gave Art Bell a long historical horizon for the same question that drove many UFO and conspiracy episodes: what if the official story is incomplete? These episodes bring Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval, Richard C. Hoagland, and related researchers into debates about Egypt, the Sphinx, underwater ruins, lost civilizations, and human memory. The set is a curated five-episode path through a much larger archive of alternative history and archaeology conversations without presenting the wider field as a single settled theory. It connects readers to guest spotlights and Mars anomaly episodes where similar lost-civilization questions reappear.

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Episode thumbnail for October 23, 2002: Ancient Evidence - Graham Hancock
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October 23, 2002: Ancient Evidence - Graham Hancock

Oct 23, 2002
2h 5m
Art Bell announces his retirement from the program effective December 31st, citing chronic back pain from a pole-climbing accident years earlier that has made maintaining his rigorous broadcast schedule impossible. He confirms George Noory will take over as permanent host while Art remains available for occasional f...
Episode thumbnail for July 11, 1996: The Message of the Sphinx - Graham Hancock
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July 11, 1996: The Message of the Sphinx - Graham Hancock

Jul 11, 1996
2h 49m
Graham Hancock returns fresh from a worldwide book tour to take listener calls and share explosive new information about secret excavations beneath the Great Sphinx. A leaked report from someone on the research team reveals that ground-penetrating radar has detected nine underground chambers, all apparently containi...
Episode thumbnail for February 7, 2002: Ancient Underwater Ruins - Graham Hancock
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February 7, 2002: Ancient Underwater Ruins - Graham Hancock

Feb 7, 2002
2h 44m
Art Bell welcomes bestselling author Graham Hancock to discuss groundbreaking underwater archaeological discoveries that challenge the established timeline of human civilization. Hancock details two extraordinary sites off the coast of India: massive cities found in the Gulf of Cambay at 120 feet deep, carbon-dated...
Episode thumbnail for June 18, 1996: Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock
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June 18, 1996: Fingerprints of the Gods - Graham Hancock

Jun 18, 1996
1h 55m
Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods and The Message of the Sphinx, joins Art Bell to present a sweeping case for a lost civilization dating back to 10,500 BC. Hancock explains how the three Great Pyramids of Giza precisely mirror the pattern of Orion's belt stars as they appeared 12,500 years ago, and...