Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Daniken
Chariots of the Gods, Erich von Daniken
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Chariots of the Gods

Author: Erich von Daniken

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 5 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/31/2011


Synopsis

Erich von Däniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance—the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth was visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eye of the Sphinx. But here is where it all began—von Däniken'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. Most incredible of all, however, is von Däniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendents of these galactic pioneers—and the archaeological discoveries that prove it:

—An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid

—Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts

—Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins

—A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica

—A giant spaceport preserved in the Andes

About Erich von Daniken

Erich von Daniken is arguably the most widely read and most-copied nonfiction author in the world. He published his first (and best-known) book, Chariots of the Gods, in 1968. The worldwide bestseller was followed by forty more books. His works have been translated into twenty-eight languages and have sold more than 65 million copies. He lives in Switzerland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on October 20, 2023

There are some popular books that will disappoint you when you read them for the first time due to your expectations, but you will be totally impressed by them and the author's writing skills when you reread them after a few years. The Great Gatsby was such a book for me. It took me almost ten......more

Goodreads review by Anne on December 09, 2024

A must read for everyone! Ok. Not really. But Ihave always wondered about the book that spawned such a huge cult following. I mean, how do you get so many people to take things like this seriously? And then I remember what kind of people populate the earth, and it all becomes a little clearer. Full di......more

Goodreads review by Riku on December 13, 2012

Däniken must have won some mighty awards for this one, right? Right? I have to admit that it was seriously entertaining though, mostly in imagining who it was who played the practical joke on Däniken each time he sticks his neck out on an imagined 'fact'. Just to sum up the book: how can anyone imagi......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on December 11, 2010

brilliant psychedelic wonderous book. even if you dont believe a word of it. if you enjoy it there is a book called 'the spaceships of ezekiel', by j.f. blumrich (a NASA engineer), in response to daniken. "for me, an engineer who began his career in aircraft desgin in 1934, and who was working on larg......more

Goodreads review by Jon on March 05, 2025

When I was young I was convinced that aliens had visited us on many occasions. I have changed the way I think about the facts now, but this book was one of the first books I ever read that made me consider an alternate narrative to mainstream thought...and for that it will always have a special plac......more