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A Cultural History of Art Bell

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John Anthony West

John Anthony West

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John Anthony West (1932–2018) was an Emmy Award-winning author and independent Egyptologist renowned for championing the geological water-erosion hypothesis of the Great Sphinx, which proposed a civilization far older than mainstream Egyptology accepted. As a prominent guest on late-night radio, his book Serpent in the Sky and his Emmy-winning documentary Mystery of the Sphinx, featuring geologist Robert Schoch, challenged orthodox dating and ignited worldwide debate about the age of ancient Egyptian monuments.

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September 3, 1995: Ancient Egypt - John Anthony West

Sep 3, 1995
1h 23m
John Anthony West, Emmy-winning independent Egyptologist, joins Art Bell on Dreamland to challenge the accepted timeline of ancient civilization and reveal what lies beneath the Great Sphinx of Giza.West explains how geological weathering patterns on the Sphinx prove it must be at least 10,000 years old, far predati...
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