Elite Exodus Theory of Civilization Collapse and Rebirth

Is it possible that elite families from the ancient past avoided natural catastrophe by retreating underground or in to outer space? If so, would they not one day return, posing as gods with advanced technology, indistinguishable from magic? In this episode I discuss the possibility that ancient civilizations were far more advanced then we think and that their upper class of nobles we're capable of predicting the future and avoiding catastrophe.

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