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On leave for 2019-2020<\/em><\/h4>\n

Director,\u00a0<\/span>Institute for the Study of the Origins of Civilization<\/a>(ISOC)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Website<\/h3>\n

www.robertschoch.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Teaching Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Natural sciences; ancient civilizations; mysteries of archaeology<\/p>\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Geology; paleontology; evolution; environmental science; ancient Egypt; prehistoric\/ancient cultures around the world<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Environmental Science: Systems and Solutions,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>sixth edition, by Michael L. McKinney, Robert M. Schoch, Logan Yonavjak, and Grant A. Mincy. Burlington, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2018\/2019.<\/p>\n

Origins of the Sphinx: Celestial Guardian of Pre-Pharaonic Civilization<\/em>, by Robert M. Schoch and Robert Bauval. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2017.<\/p>\n

Forgotten Civilization: The Role of Solar Outbursts in Our Past and Future<\/em>, by Robert M. Schoch. Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2012.<\/p>\n

Pyramid Quest: Secrets of the Great Pyramid and the Dawn of Civilization<\/em>, by Robert M. Schoch and Robert Aquinas McNally (with appendices, pp. 211-333, by Robert M. Schoch).\u00a0New York:\u00a0 Jeremy P. Tarcher\/Penguin, 2005.<\/p>\n

Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals<\/em>, by Donald R. Prothero and Robert M. Schoch. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002\/2003.<\/p>\n

Stratigraphy: Principles and Methods<\/em>, by Robert M.\u00a0Schoch. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989.<\/p>\n

Articles<\/h4>\n

2017, The Sphinx Breaks Its Silence: Hieroglyphs Say She Was the Lioness\u00a0<\/span>Mehit<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Who Guarded an Ancient Archive.\u00a0<\/span>Atlantis Rising<\/u>, No. 126 (November-December 2017), pp. 46-47, 71-72.<\/p>\n

2017, A New Interpretation of a Rare Old Kingdom Dual Title: The King\u2019s Chief Librarian and Guardian of the Royal Archives of\u00a0<\/span>Mehit<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>Archaeological Discovery<\/u>, 2017, vol. 5 (July 2017), pp. 163-177. (Article by Manu Seyfzadeh, Robert M. Schoch, and Robert Bauval)<\/p>\n

2017, Khufu Papyri Unveiled: Can the \u2018Oldest Papyrus\u2019 Give Us the True Age of the Great Pyramid . . . or Not?\u00a0<\/span>Atlantis Rising<\/u>, No. 121 (January-February 2017), pp. 46-47, 72-73.<\/p>\n

2016, Ancient Fire and Lightning: Could Solar Outbursts Once Have Scorched the Giza Plateau?\u00a0<\/span>Atlantis Rising<\/u>, No. 120 (November-December 2016), pp. 44, 71-72.<\/p>\n

2016, Hidden Chambers in Egypt? The Curious Revelations of New Hi-Tec Surveys,\u00a0<\/span>Atlantis Rising<\/u>, No. 116 (March-April 2016), pp. 41-43, 70.<\/p>\n

2015, Stonehenge e Chromleh,\u00a0<\/span>Fenix<\/u>, No. 76, February 2015, pp. 24-28.<\/p>\n

2014, On the Trail of Orphic Mysteries in Bulgaria: The Secrets May Be Forgotten but Intriguing Clues Remain,\u00a0<\/span>Atlantis Rising<\/u>, No. 108 (November-December 2014), pp. 25, 27, 60-62.<\/p>\n

2013, G\u00f6bekli Tepe and the Origins of Civilization: Rethinking Our Distant Past.\u00a0<\/span>Edgescience<\/u>\u00a0<\/span>No. 15, August 2013, pp. 4-13.<\/p>\n

Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2014 Honorary Professor, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Varna, Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

2009 Honorary Member of Centro Studi Esoterici (Esoteric Studies Institute, Professor Antonio Virgili, president), Naples, Italy.<\/p>\n

1993, Principle Scientific Investigator for, and featured in, the documentary special \u201cThe Mystery of the Sphinx\u201d hosted by Charlton Heston, which first aired on NBC Wednesday, 10 November 1993.<\/p>\n

1990\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Peyton Richter Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching, Boston University, College of General Studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35941"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38048,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35941\/revisions\/38048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}