Philip Coppens (author)

Philip Coppens (25 January 1971 – 30 December 2012) was a Belgian author and very well known in the field of ancient and alternative history.

Coppens was born in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. He was married to Kathleen McGowan on September 22, 2011. Many of his writings were published frequently in the Nexus magazine and Atlantis Rising Magazine.

On December 30, 2012, he died from angiosarcoma in Los Angeles.

Career
Coppens' second book, "The Canopus Revelation" (2004), questioned the assumption that ancient Egyptians associated their god Osiris with the constellation of Orion. Instead he proposed Canopus, the second brightest star in the night-time sky. He appeared at Quest Conference 2005 to give a presentation on this idea.

In "Servants of the Grail" (2009), Coppens suggested real-life counterparts for the characters in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail. These included the identification of Rotrou III, Count of Perche with Perceval.

More recently, Coppens was a frequent contributor to the History channel's Ancient Aliens series.