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Chariots of the Gods
The bestseller, written by Erich von Däniken
First 1968 published - and worldwide distributed as book, movie, video, DVD and in the web
For over 40 years, Swiss author Erich von Däniken has pursued the theory which postulates that Earth might have been visited by extraterrestrials in the remote past. Erich von Däniken, the world's most successful non-fiction writer of all time, has written 26 books on the topic and has sold over 63 million copies worldwide. His books have been translated into 32 languages. Everything started with the publication of "Chariots of the Gods" (translation of the German "Erinnerungen an die Zukunft").
In the United States Erich von Däniken won instant fame as a result of the television special "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," based upon his first book Chariots of the Gods. In addition, Erich von Däniken has participated and contributed in numerous film and TV productions, has written countless articles and compilations, and produced a CDRom. Fluent in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and an energetic traveler, averaging 100'000 miles per year to visit remote places of the Earth. This enables him to closely examine the phenomena about which he writes. In 2003 he opened a gigantic "Mysteries of the World" theme park called "Mystery Park" in Interlaken / Switzerland.
His research organization, the A.A.S. R.A. / legendarytimes.com (Archaeology, Astronautics & SETI Research Association), comprises laymen and academics from all walks of life. Internationally, there are about 10,000 members. Click here to get FREE INFORMATION about the A.A.S. R.A. / legendarytimes.com, Erich von Däniken's international research association! The A.A.S. R.A. publishes Legendary Times, the organization's quarterly journal. It is the only publication in the world to exclusively report about Paleo-SETI, the Ancient Astronaut theory.
Chariots of the Gods - THE BOOK!
The Classic publication of Erich von Däniken! Now with a NEW Foreword by the Author in which EvD reflects of what has happened over the past 30 years! 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 had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films. 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 descendants of these galactic pioneers - and the archaeological discoveries that prove it...
- 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 discovered in the Andes
Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization. A Classic! Now with a NEW Foreword by the Author!
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Chariots of the Gods - THE MOVIE!
Based on Erich von Daniken's monumental bestseller. Von Ds non-staniken collected and documented evidence from around the world that supports the idea that the bulk of human achievement across the millennia can be attributed to the influence of alien civilizations, merely passing through. This idea transfers expertly to film, thanks to Ernst Wild's non-stop on-location photography and competent editing by Herman Haller. The film's subject matter may send the viewer's mind reeling, but it never loses it. The photography follows the narration line-for-line. When Bruce Johansen, Lee Pajan, or Jean Fontaine discuss a cave painting that depicts visitors blazing across the sky in space vehicles, the film shows us immediately so we do not have to take their word for it. The camera is always moving, always capturing. Many documentary filmmakers mistakenly express their views by focusing on experts seated in front of the camera. These experts use terminology that eludes the common viewer. Chariots of the Gods allows the evidence itself to be the expert, serving it up for our judgment instead of forcing us to swallow that of others.
During World War II, American soldiers occupied islands throughout the Pacific, looking for combat situation vantage points. Their plan was to find a place from which to launch a strategic attack or at the very least gain firsthand intelligence of the enemy's plans. What they did not plan was for the indigenous peoples of these islands to regard them as gods and attempt to adopt their tools and technology. Twenty years later, still in the stone age, the same indigenous peoples built runways lined with coconuts and airplanes composed of foliage. They searched the skies nightly for signs of the returning visitors, hoping the gods would come back and teach them even more. Remarkably, due to our encroachment on their world, these Pacific Islanders developed a new religion.
This scenario opens the monumental documentary, Chariots of the Gods, the international marvel based on Erich von Daniken's book of the same name. Von Daniken noticed something that seemed to be escaping even the most educated of sociologists, archaeologists and religious scholars: the possibility that behind every culture's mythology exists a similar underlying fact. If the religion practiced by the Pacific Islanders began as a result of a visiting culture from Somewhere Else, may one presume that other religions around the world started in the same manner? Von Daniken believes this may very well be the case. The mysterious figures represented in ancient sculptures, cave paintings, engravings and texts may not be gods at all, but extraterrestrial visitors who left their imprint on global cultures much as American soldiers did for the Pacific Islanders during World War II.
Von Daniken's hypotheses were outrageous for its time, to be sure, but what is even more outrageous is the idea that the profound achievements that took place in ancient cultures were merely the natural process of unassisted human development. Are we to believe, for instance, that thousands of years ago, before the advent of modern machinery, Egyptian workers transferred the massive blocks used to build the Great Pyramids across northern Africa using wooden rollers, a process that would have taken over 600 years, according to mathematic estimation? While we know from archaeological evaluation that building the pyramids certainly took a while, the process was much, much less than 600 years. So how did they do it?
According to von Daniken, the Egyptians may have performed this gargantuan feat in much the same way that the ancient people of Easter Island transported the stone used to carve the famous, haunting face sculptures that stand along the island's edge: they had help. He extends this idea to practically every major cultural, religious and societal belief system, including biblical cultures.
It is perhaps for this very reason that Chariots of the Gods, in spite of its controversial statements about the development of human intelligence, became an international sensation. Von Daniken has the gift of a child's wonderment coupled with an adult's ability to rationalize. As a result of this combination, Chariots of the Gods is a lot of fun, both as a book and in film. Rarely has the study of origin been so entertaining.
Attention! This DVD is available ONLY in NTSC format! It is NOT available in PAL format! Make sure your DVD player is NTSC compatible, or "region-free."
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Erich von Däniken's biography
Born 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. While managing director of a Swiss 5-Star 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.
In the United States, Erich von Däniken won instant fame as a result of the television special "In Search of Ancient Astronauts," based upon his first book. In 1993, the German television station SAT-1 started a twenty-five part TV series with and by Erich von Däniken, entitled "Auf den Spuren der All-Mächtigen" (Pathways of the Gods). In 1996, the American TV company ABC/Kane produced a one-hour special, filmed all over the world, entitled Chariots of the Gods - The Mysteries Continue. This film was broadcast on the ABC network on September 26th 1996. In 1996/97 ABC/Kane produced another documentary with Erich von Däniken (seen on the Discovery Channel). In Germany, the biggest TV network, RTL, showed the film on November 26th, 1996. 7,7 million viewers in Germany alone watched the program. Today, Erich von Däniken continues his filming with ABC and RTL
Erich von Däniken's latest book just translated and now published is The Gods Were Astronauts: Evidence of the True Identities of the Old 'Gods". In this book Erich von Däniken investigates a mystery that has fascinated humankind for millennia: who, or what, were the Gods described in ancient stories? Von Däniken has exhaustively researched and analyzed the great world religions, their myths and belief structures, in an effort to find an answer to this question. His extraordinary conclusion? The Gods were not metaphysical beings born of humanity's overactive imagination, but extraterrestrials who left traces of their presence everywhere on Earth. An overview on all publications of Erich von Däniken including a link to the Swiss Natrial Library collecting all translation is listed on the bibliography page.
Erich von Däniken's books have been translated into 32 languages, and have sold 63 million copies worldwide. From his books two full-length documentary films have been produced: Chariots of the Gods and Messages of the Gods. Of the more than 3,000 lectures which Erich von Däniken has given in 25 countries, over 500 were presented at universities. Fluent in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and a compulsive traveller, averaging 100'000 miles each year to remote spots of the Earth. This enables him to closely examine the phenomena about which he writes.
Erich von Däniken is a member of the Swiss writers association, the German writers association, and the International PEN-Club. He was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate degree by the State University of Bolivia. He received the "Huesped Illustre" award from the cities of Ica and Nazca in Peru. In Brasil he received the "Lourenço Filho" award in Gold and Platin, and in Germany he was awarded with the "Order of Gordon Bleu du Saint Esprit" (together with the German astronaut Ulf Merbold). 2003: Ideas Oscar for Mysteries of the World Theme Park founder Erich von Däniken.
Today, Erich von Däniken lives in the small mountain-village of Beatenberg in Switzerland (40 miles from Berne, above the city of Interlaken). In 2003 the gigantic "Mysteries of the World Theme Park", the Mystery Park, opened in Interlaken, Switzerland. Erich von Däniken initialized this theme park to become a platform for the presentation and research of the mysteries of the world, including Paleo-SETI, the so called Ancient Astronaut Theory. At the Mystery Park the "World Mystery Forum" takes place, an international conference and public congress for interdisciplinary research.
And, airing about Summer 2003 - the new TV series: Based on Erich von Däniken's best-selling books, "Chariots of the Gods" is a 22 one hour sci-fi adventure series that combines the suspenseful investigative techniques of the hit show CSI, melds it with the exotic adventures of Alias, and then throws in a dash of Tomb Raider for good measure. The series combines the style and intrigue of the popular forensic investigation and mysterious place/raranormal documentary programs.
In 1998, Erich von Däniken co-founded the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association , A.A.S. R.A. which publishes the English journal Legendary Times reporting about the latest research in the Paleo-SETI field.
Erich von Däniken has been married to Elisabeth Skaja since 1960. He has one daughter, Cornelia (born 1963), and two grandchildren. Von Däniken is a hobby-chef and a lover of Bordeaux wines.
Erich von Däniken @ scfi channel
More about the new TV series, based on the "Chariots of the Gods" publication and theories of Erich von Däniken: Compare links
- Sci Fi Channel developing "Chariots of the Gods"
- Sci-Fi doing "Chariots of the Gods" miniseries
Important Links and further information
- Erich von Däniken's HomePage
- Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association
- Order FREE INFORMATION about the membership of von Dänikens's Research Association
- Legendary Times - the journal of Erich von Däniken's International Research Association
- Center for Ancient Astronaut Research's Director Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
- Erich von Däniken's Mysteries of the World Theme Park
- Legendary Times Book Store
"World of Mysteries" Film Project of world-of-mysteries.com
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