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The problem w/ that is that we _do_ understand how the Mayans and Egyptians &c. did the things which they did --- ars longa, vita brevis --- they took the long view and worked harder, for less pay than people can conceive of now. Look up projects by real archeologists to re-create bits of monuments and other aspects of ancient life --- things like Thor Heyerdahl's voyage on the _Kon Tiki_ &c.
We are more advanced because we have the advantage of their learning and experience, ``If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.'' --- Isaac Newton.
The Piri Reis Map isn't accurate --- only Daniken's representation of it is, and he does that be discarding all inaccuracies as copying errors and leaving them out.
As I noted, it's not-too-awful fiction, but absolutely reprehensible to attempt to pass it off as science.
William
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