M. J. EVANS, Ph.D., (1933-2022) was a professor emeritus at SUNY Empire State College, where she taught environmental geography for 30 years. A friend and colleague of Zecharia Sitchin for nearly 20 years, she accompanied Sitchin on several tours to ancient sites in the Mediterranean region, Europe, and Mexico and had appeared on the TV show Ancient Aliens to discuss Sitchin’s work. She spent most of each year in Turkey, where she studied ancient sites and landscapes.