Many of the amazing architectural structures and monuments created by our distant ancestors are irrefutable evidence of the use of complex technologies unique to the ancient world. They confirm the incredibly high level of knowledge that the ancient builders possessed in the field of geodesy, geography, mathematics, metrology, as well as sciences, the essence and structure of which the modern world still cannot understand. Attempts to explain the extraordinary capabilities of the ancient builders led researchers into the shaky realm of guesswork and assumptions. Andrew Collins was able to piece together and analyze numerous archaeological data, travel accounts, scientific research and ancient myths. He managed to get close to the secrets of ancient technologies and develop a scientifically based and consistent theory of the proto-civilization of the “gods”, which preceded all known human civilizations - and, perhaps, the very genus of homo sapiens...