The author
Photo by Mike Shepherd
I'm a UK-based engineering geologist, but was first attracted to ancient Egypt as a result of the controversy about the age of the Great Sphinx and what weathering and erosion could tell us about the age of that iconic monument. My initial work on the Sphinx led to other opportunities for research in the ancient world.
I was invited to join the Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project, to map the soils and rocks of the Saqqara necropolis and have enjoyed travelling with Ancient World Tours to Egypt, Morocco and Jordan.
I regularly get invited to speak to Egyptology societies up and down the UK and occasionally overseas.
Over the years, I have published the findings of my research in both peer-reviewed jounrnals and magazines and have also contributed to a number of TV documentaries. As my interest deepened, I began to focus on the fascinating geology of Egypt, culminating in the publication of A Gift of Geology in January 2023.
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