Robert K. G. Temple

Robert K. G. Temple (born in the U.S. in 1945) is an American author best known for his controversial book, "The Sirius Mystery" (1976; though Temple began writing it in 1967) which presents the idea that the Dogon people preserve the tradition of contact with intelligent extraterrestrial beings from the Sirius star-system. His writings on the Dogon are based on an interpretation of the work of ethnographers, Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen. [Temple, Robert K. G., "The Sirius Mystery", 1976. ISBN 0 09 925744 0]

Temple attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where in 1965 he received a degree in Oriental Studies and Sanskrit. He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and an occasional broadcaster with the BBC.

Other books by Temple include "The Genius of China" and "The Crystal Sun". He has also written several articles for Time-Life, and has contributed to journals such as "New Scientist" and "The Poetry Review".

ee also

* Paleocontact theory

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