Michael 
                      Hesemann is an historian, 
                       internationally published author, 
                       award-winning documentarist, 
                       science writer and investigative 
                      journalist. Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, 
                      he studied History and Cultural Anthropology at Göttingen 
                      University in Germany. He lives in Düsseldorf and Rome. 
                      From 
                        1979-2000, he published and edited Magazine 
                        2000, Europe's largest magazine on mysteries 
                        of the past and presence, which came out in German and 
                        Czech language with a print-run of 100.000 copies.
                      His 
                        books are international bestsellers, published in 16 countries 
                        with a total print run of over a million copies. Hesemann 
                        produced several award-winning documentaries, which are 
                        distributed in 14 countries, and worked as an advisor 
                        for TV stations and programmes in the U.S. (including 
                        The X-FILES, SIGHTINGS, 
                        ENCOUNTERS, for Paramount, 
                        Disney, The Fox Network and others), U.K. (Channel 4, 
                        MTV), Japan (NTV), Mexico (Televisa, TV Azteca), Germany 
                        (ARD, RTL, SAT 1, PRO SIEBEN, KABEL 1, TV NRW), Poland 
                        (TVN) , Italy (Rai Due) and the Vatican (TelePace).
                       
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