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Includes remarkable photos that document mankind’s first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.
Among the artwork he describes are ancient Japanese Dogū figurines (which he believes to resemble astronauts in spacesuits) and 3,000-year-old carvings in an Egyptian New Kingdom Temple that appear to depict helicopter-like machines.I feel that every grey area, every part of history obscured by the fog of time, is exploited and made to fit somewhere into his sprawling untidy theory.
It is true that some scientists and engineers were able to describe the secret behind the Pyramids to a certain extent.Throughout the book he underestimated the ingenuity of the people of the past and tries to create a image of them as being stupid and helpless. Von Daniken's ideas have been the inspiration for a wide range of TV series, including the History Channel's hit Ancient Aliens.