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Voices of the Rocks: A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations - Hardcover

Schoch, Robert M.; McNally, Robert Aquinas

 
9780609603697: Voices of the Rocks: A Scientist Looks at Catastrophes and Ancient Civilizations
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0609603698 ISBN 13: 9780609603697
Publisher: Harmony Books, 1999

Synopsis

A scientific study examines the link between great natural disasters and the destruction of ancient civilizations, explaining how asteroid strikes, eruptions, earthquakes, and other great catastrophes have obscured evidence of the early history of humankind. 25,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Robert Aquinas McNally is a writer and poet whose early education in classical Latin blossomed into a life-long fascination with ancient civilization and mythology. Voices of the Rocks is his sixth book.

Robert M. Schoch, Ph.D., is associate professor of science and mathematics at the College of General Studies, Boston University. Dr. Schoch has been quoted extensively in the media for his work on the Sphinx, and he was featured on "The Mystery of the Sphinx," hosted by Charlton Heston.

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yptian Sphinx have been built many centuries earlier than conventional history would have us believe? Could the great natural disasters that propelled the evolution of life on Earth have played a dominant role as well in the rise and fall of civilizations? Could Earth have been home to civilizations far greater in number -- and far older -- than orthodox researchers have suspected? In Voices of the Rocks, Dr. Robert M. Schoch examines these and other crucial questions about our past and shows how the answers can guide us in the future.

In 1990, Robert Schoch, a scientist and tenured university professor, traveled to Egypt and conducted geological testing to evaluate the accepted date for the construction of the Great Sphinx of Giza. His research revealed that the Sphinx is actually thousands of years older than previously supposed, a discovery that upended the standard history of ancient Egypt.

Following the intellectual trail uncovered by

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Publisher
Harmony Books
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0609603698
ISBN 13 
9780609603697
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
258