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ANCIENT TRACES

Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in Psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch. Since 1976 he has lived in England with his wife and children in order to research and write. He was recently awarded an MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience from the University of Kent.

He has also written From the Omens of Babylon and, with Richard Leigh, has co-authored a number of books, including the international bestseller, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail (with Henry Lincoln), The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception, Secret Germany, The Elixir and the Stone and The Inquisition.