Ancient Egypt 39,000 BCE : Bear & Company : 9781591431091 : 1591431093 : 14 May 2010 : A view into the sophisticated and highly advanced civilization that preceded the world of the pharaohs ? Presents historical evidence of the civilization ruled by the ?gods? that the Egyptians claimed preceded their own ? Explains who these prehistoric people were, what happened to them, and why they built a series of pyramids along the west bank of the Nile River Traditional Egyptologists have long resisted the notion that the architectural achievements of the Ancient Egyptians required the existence of a much more sophisticated technology than would have existed at that time. Yet, no records exist explaining how, why, or who built Egypt's megalithic monuments and statues. The ancient Egyptians did, however, record that their civilization resided in the shadow of a kingdom of ?gods? whose reign ended many thousands of years before their first dynasty. What was this Civilization X that antiquity's