We are celebrating 50 years of the conquest of the moon. But who tells us that we, human inhabitants of planet Earth, have not been able to conquer (or at least visit) others extraterrestrials from beyond the known universe? That is what the Swiss writer and researcher Erich Von Daniken account in his books and claims to be true, providing evidence above all from archaeological finds. These are 4 of his titles to which today I take a look.
Erich Von Daniken
He is known for his books on ufology, where it exposes theories about the visitation of extraterrestrial beings to our planet in the past. From the scientific community these theories have been classified as pseudoscience, But Von Daniken has much predicament among his followers and continues to present archaeological finds as evidence of that extraterrestrial presence.
You have more than twenty-five books published of those who have sold sixty-three million copies around the world. And it has been translated into more than 30 languages. These are some of its titles.
History lies
This book raises us some questions about him Voynich manuscript, whose writing even today remains undeciphered, or on the apocryphal Book of Enoch of the Old Testament where it speaks of celestial beings that come down to Earth to have sexual relations with the daughters of men. Also on the new questions thrown up by the latest research on the lines of Nazca.
Una controversial work where Von Däniken continues to provide evidence of those extraterrestrial visits that, in his opinion, have been and are forgotten and hidden by official history.
The gold of the gods
Una fantastic vision about that possible alien travelers stay on our planet. Part of the idea that, from their unknown origins, they had reached an inferior planet after lose a great battle in their worlds. And they had to adapt to those conditions of life. Large underground labyrinths were protected and excavated, and in addition they also placed false facilities and stations on another planet, which turned out to be ours. In the end, they ended up inhabiting it after their enemies destroyed that planet and they came to ours, where they built gigantic works of which only the remains remain today.
The return of the gods
One of his books considered more exciting about the presence of aliens in ancient times. It is based this time on written texts then, and held as sacred, where beliefs, ethics, morals and cultural traditions were mixed with the interests of their authors. And went divine or celestial beings those who inspired, if they did not write or dictate directly, those texts. But who were these authors or what other authors did they try to hide?
Memories of the future
In this title the central hypothesis is that alleged extraterrestrial visitors revealed religion to various ancient civilizations. These, in addition to receiving them as gods, in turn would have also transmitted some technological knowledge.
Von Däniken concludes this by studying a series of 'proofs' or findings found among the remains of these ancient peoples. It also interprets some representations of ancient art throughout the world, such as the pictorial descriptions of "astronauts", extraterrestrial air and space vehicles, and technology complex. He also describes some elements that he believes to be very similar in some unrelated ancient cultures.
It also assumes that the emergence of some religions is due to contact with an extraterrestrial race. This includes some interpretations of the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. He also wonders whether the oral traditions of most religions contain references to "visitors from the stars" and vehicles that allowed them to travel through the air as in outer space. And it gives the umpteenth example of the incredible construction of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, in Giza. It is the sign of human inability, even today, to carry it out.