Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut movement and sold ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the alleged extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him ...

Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

Born in 1935 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, von Däniken was the son of a cloth manufacturer and grew up under strict religious ...

His 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods, sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a ‘warped parody of ...

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Erich von Däniken, who has died aged 90, was among the first writers to suggest that human civilisation, and even human ...

In the 1970s, author Erich von Däniken was a household name, not only in his native Switzerland, but also in the U.S. and ...

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...