Von Däniken's books have been translated into 28 languages, and have sold 60 million copies worldwide. 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. Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.īorn on April 14th, 1935, in Zofingen, Switzerland, Erich von Däniken was educated at the College St-Michel in Fribourg, where already as a student he occupied his time with the study of the ancient holy writings. * A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes * A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica * Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins

* Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts * An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid Most incredible of all, however, is von Daniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers-and the archeological discoveries that prove it. But here is where it all began-von Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history.

This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eyes of the Sphinx. Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance-the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens.

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