Chariots of the Gods - Erich Von Daniken

The book that began it all--Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds--now offered in a special updated trade edition with a new Introduction by the author. \nTHE SEVEN MILLION COPY BESTSELLER \n \nThe groundbreaking classic that introduced the theory that ancient Earth established contact with aliens. \nImmediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods endures as proof that Earth has been visited repeatedly by advanced aliens from other worlds. Here, Erich von D niken examines ancient ruins, lost cities, spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von D niken's theory that we are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and he reveals the archeological discoveries that prove it... \n \n The dramatic discoveries and irrefutable evidence: \n - An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid \n - Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts \n - Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins \n - A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica \n - A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes \n \n Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.\n