In 1993, von Däniken produced a 25-part series titled Auf den Spuren der All-Mächtigen (Pathways of the Gods) for German television station, Sat. Every detail of early history and prehistory, and an array of physical artifacts, are interpreted in light of this claim, and these interpretations are then advanced as "evidence" for it. Myths should be examined not from the point of view of art, but from the point of view of science, and from the point of view of space. It is true that some scientists and engineers were able to describe the secret behind the Pyramids to a certain extent. This is not to deny that there are mysteries in the past, but then so are there in any field of human study - that does not mean that we have to postulate such excesses based on so little evidence.

Von Däniken suggests that some ancient structures and artifacts appear to reflect more sophisticated technological knowledge than is known or presumed to have existed at the times they were manufactured. Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.

I have always been intrigued about the possibility of alien life, so, crazy as this guy is, its a fun subject. I feel that every grey area, every part of history obscured by the fog of time, is exploited and made to fit somewhere into his sprawling untidy theory. It involves the hypothesis that the technologies and religions of many ancient civilizations were given to them by ancient astronauts who were welcomed as gods. The worldwide bestseller was followed by forty more books, including The Eyes of the Sphinx , Twilight of the Gods , History Is Wrong , Evidence of the Gods , and Odyssey of the Gods .

The thing that had me shaking my head in amusement was when the author tried to draw some deep meaning about how these certain temples are connected to the length of the year on Venus and then get that figure wrong. it fascinates the mind and it expands the depths in which you think and it causes you to question aspects of our history. While managing director of a Swiss hotel, he wrote his first book, Chariots of the Gods, which was an immediate bestseller in the United States, Germany, and later in 38 other countries.

But the Egyptians could scarcely have felled and turned into rollers the few trees, mainly palms, that then (as now) grew in Egypt, because the dates from the palms were urgently needed for food and the trunks and fronds were the only things giving shade to the dried-up ground. See, most sane people, having lead with the skeleton of an unknown animal, would have talked about it. The fact that he really demonstrated a lack of knowledge on the space part is one thing, but I got the distinct impression that he had misunderstood what the past was like. A great deal of our real history has been occluded by the irrational zealotries of past (and maybe not so past) religious and politcal authorities - an immeasurable shame. Neither this nor any other discredited evidence, however, has been removed from subsequent editions of Chariots of the Gods?

Erich von Daniken has held countless lectures and discussions at public forums and educational institutions. meters) is a massive and heavy one, and no one is sure how they raised it to that height at that time despite many hypotheses like Lohner's rope roll and all. The book is based on the hypothesis that many of the technologies of ancient civilizations and religions are derived from space travelers, who are accepted as gods. The concept of ancient extraterrestrials has been used as a plot element in television shows and movies like Star Trek (which actually addressed the question before von Däniken's book was published), Stargate, The Thing, The X-Files, the Alien franchise (most notably, Prometheus), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Eternals.I think for us to stand here on one infinitely insignificant world among countless billions (or trillions) in the "known" universe and state "we are it and we are the best" is ridiculous beyond my ability to put into words.