Author, lecturer and guide, John Anthony West delivered a seismic shock to archaeology in the early 1990's when he and Boston University geologist Robert Schoch revealed that the Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt, showed evidence of rainfall erosion.
Such erosion could only mean that the Sphinx was carved during or before the rains that marked the transition of northern Africa from the last Ice Age to the present interglacial epoch, a transition that occurred in the millennia from 10,000 to 5000 BC.
We caught up with John at the 2006 CPAK Conference, hosted by Walter Cruttenden, in University of California Irvine where he gave us a spirited interview full of his personal and somewhat candid viewpoints. He makes ancient Egypt so much fun that you wish you could go with him on his next trip.
Acutally, you can take a guided trip to Egypt with John by booking online at his web site www.JAWest.net.
You may also want to peruse these fascinating pictures from his website.
Photo Gallery of Gods & Goddesses
Photo Gallery of Temples & Tombs
Photo Gallery of Egypt Today
