Question: What member of the Hare Krishna movement co-wrote "Forbidden Archeology?"

Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is is a version of the holy Hindu text, "Bhagavad Gita", that contains a translation and commentary by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement.  The "Bhagavad Gita" emphasizes a path of devotion toward the personal God, Krishna.  It was first published in 1968 by Macmillan Publishers and is now available in nearly sixty languages and is primarily promoted and distributed by followers of the Hare Krishna movement.  Prabhupada's translation and commentaries of the "Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is" is considered by adherents to the ISKCON movement and many Vedic scholars to be one of the finest literary works of Vaishnavism translated into English. <SEP> Michael A. Cremo (born July 15, 1948), also known by his devotional name Drutakarmā dāsa, is an American freelance researcher who identifies himself as a Vedic creationist and an "alternative archeologist" and argues that humans have lived on Earth for millions of years.  In case of artifacts allegedly found in the Eocene auriferous gravels of Table Mountain, California and discussed in his book, "Forbidden Archeology", Cremo argues for the existence of modern man on Earth as long as 30 to 40 million years ago.  "Forbidden Archeology", which he wrote with Richard L. Thompson, has attracted attention from mainstream scholars who have criticized the views given on archeology and describe it as pseudoscientific. <SEP>  Hosted by Charlton Heston, the program argued that mankind has lived on the Earth for tens of millions of years, and that mainstream scientists have suppressed the fossil evidence for this.  Some material included was based on the controversial "Forbidden Archeology", a book written by Hindu creationists Michael Cremo and Richard L. Thompson about anomalous archeological finds reported mainly in early scientific journals.  It also included interviews with the following people: creationist Carl Baugh on the Paluxy tracks; Richard Milton, author of "Shattering the Myths of Darwinism", on Lucy; Neil Steede on Incan ruins; and Graham Hancock, author of "Fingerprints of the Gods", on Atlantis.  It was produced by B. C. Video Inc. The Mysterious Origins of Man is a television special that originally aired on NBC on February 25, 1996. <SEP> Richard Leslie Thompson, also known as Sadaputa Dasa (February 4, 1947 – September 18, 2008), was an American mathematician, author and Gaudiya Vaishnava religious figure, known principally for his promotion of Vedic creationism and as the co-author (with Michael Cremo) of "Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race" (1993), which has been widely criticised by the scientific community.  Thompson also published several books and articles on religion and science, Hindu cosmology and astronomy.  In the 'science and religion' community he was known for his articulation of ISKCON's view of science.  Danish historian of religion Mikael Rothstein described Thompson as "the single dominating writer on science" in ISKCON whom ISKCON has chosen to "cover the field of science more or less on his own".  C. Mackenzie Brown, professor of religion at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, described him as "the leading figure" in ISKCON's critique of modern science.  He was a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (popularly known as the "Hare Krishna movement" or "ISKCON") and a founding member of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, the branch of ISKCON dedicated to examining the relationship of modern scientific theories to the Vaishnava worldview.