Alexander Nikonov has a rare and amazing ability to show various phenomena (physical, biological, social - any, one way or another related to Civilization) from an unexpected side, making the reader shudder at the scale of the worlds opening before him and think...Analyzing and comparing how widely known and completely new facts for readers from various fields of knowledge (mythology, ancient maps, pyramids, geology, natural disasters), the author, as always logical and convincing, paints an amazing picture: 12 thousand years ago there was a developed civilization on Earth with technologies at the level of the 18th century. And disappeared - due to a global catastrophe. Knowledge was lost, only random “emers from the torch of reason” remained. And humanity learned everything anew... And, of course, Nikonov cannot help but destroy a number of established historical myths along the way. So, reader, welcome to the antediluvian...