22. Fritz Nestke and Riemer, Thomas, Atlantis: ein Kontinent taucht auf (Halver, 1988).
23. Heather Lechtmann in Spektrum der Wissenschaft August 1984.
Chapter 6
1. Erich von Däniken, Die Steinzeit war ganz anders (Munich, 1991).
2. Supplement of the American Journal of Science, Vol 5, pages 12-13, and Vol 6, pages 332ff.
3. Byron S. Cummings, “Cuicuilco and the Archaic Culture of Mexico” Bulletin of the University of Arizona, Vol IV, 8 November 1933.
4. Michael Cremo and Thompson, Richard, Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race (Alachua, Fla., 1993).
5. Luc Bürgin, Geheimakte Archdologie (Munich, 1998).
6. Paul Kahle, Die verschollene Columbus-Karte von 1498 in einer türkischen Weltkarte von 1513, (Berlin and Leipzig, 1933).
7. Arlington H. Mallery, New and Old Discoveries in Antarctica, Georgetown University Forum of the Air, August 26, 1956.
8. Ibid.
9. Charles H. Hapgood, Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age (Philadelphia and New York, 1965).
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Emilio Spedicato, Apollo Objects Atlantis and other Tales: A Catastrophical Scenario for Discontinuities in Human History (University of Bergamo, 1995).
15. Joachim Rittstieg, “Aztlan = Atlantis” in Mensch und Techik booklet 4/1992.
16. Linda Schele and Freidel, D., Die unbekannte Welt der Maya (Munich, 1991).
17. Peter Fiebag, “Die Grabplatte von Palenque und ihre symbolische Aussage” in Fremde aus dem All (Munich, 1995).
18. Eckhardt, Rudolf, “Der Mythos von der aztekischen Lade—Kulturhistorischer Hintergrund und Möglichkeiten einer Suche” in Das Erbe der G o tter (Munich, 1997).
19. Diego Durán, Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de la Tierra Firme (Mexico, 1984).
20. Spedicato, Apollo Objects Atlantis and other Tales: A Catastrophical Scenario for Discontinuities in Human History.
21. Johannes Fiebag, “Die Frage nach Atlantis” in Ancient Skies, no 1/1989.
22. “Schreckens-Szenario eines Asteroiden-Einschlags” in Die Welt am Sonntag January 11, 1998.
23. “Wandertrieb im Blut” interview with the molecular geneticist Peter Forster about the prehistoric settlements of America, in Der Spiegel no 3/1997.
24. “Ein riesiger Stein rast zur Erde” in Die Welt March 13, 1998.
25. Peter Ripota, “In 30 Jahren beginnt die neue Eiszeit” in PM-Magazine no 6/1998.
A Final Word on Atlantis
1. L. Sprague de Camps. Lost Continents (New York, 1954).
2. Otto Apelt, Platon: Sämtliche Dialoge. Kritias und Timaios. (Leipzig, 1922).
3. Josef Feix, Herodot: Historien, I1. Buch (München, 1988).
4. Ralph L. Roys, The Book of Chilam-Balam of Chumayel (Washington, 1933).
5. Eugen Craine and Reindorp, Reginald, The Codex Pérez and the Book of Chilam Balam of Maní (Norman, Okla., 1979).
6. Charles-Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Histoire des nations civilisées du Mexique et de L’Amérique-Centrale, Tome I – VI (Paris 1857–1859).
7. Ibid.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Leonhard Schultze-Jena, Popol vuh, das heilige Buch der Quiché-Indianer von Guatemala (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1944).
11. Ibid.
12. Bernardino de Sahagún, Wahrsagerei, Himmelskunde und Kalender der alten Azteken (Stuttgart, 1950) (Translated by Leonhard Schultze-Jena).
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Erich von Däniken, History is Wrong. (Franklin Lakes, N.J., 2009).
16. Erich von Däniken, Twilight of the Gods. (Pompton Plains, N.J., 2010).
17. Otto H. Muck, Alles über Atlantis (Düsseldorf, 1976).
18. Maud Worcester Makemson, The Book of the Jaguar Priest (New York, 1951).
19. Letter from Prof. Dr. Gebhardt to Erich von Däniken on November 29, 1972. EvD Archive No. 0238, ECON-Dokumentation.
20. Dr. Heather Lechtman in Spektrum der Wissenschaft August 1984
Index
Acropolis, 93–96, 137
Adromeda, sea monster, 86
Alexandria library, 183
aliens, ancient Greece and, 37
Antarctica, coastline of, 181
Anticythera Channel, 80
Anticythera mechanism, 83–85
Apollo,
temple of, 101
walls of Troy and, 102
Zeus and, 63
Apollonius of Rhodes, 11–12, 18, 30
Arachneus mountains, 61
Argo, 10
journey of the, 11
Argonautica, 10, 11, 26, 29, 35, 59, 124
extraterrestrials and the, 38
geographical details in the, 170
heroes of the, 58
Homer and, 34
oldest known reference to the, 44
Plato and the, 159
story of the, 57
Argonauts, 13–14
journeys of the, 21
King Phineus and the, 20
Zeus and the, 17
Argos, 10
Asia Minor, 126
Assur, town of, 45
Athene, 9, 47, 93
Athens Rotary Club, 105
Atlantic Ocean, Atlantis and the, 153
Atlantis and Troy, 134–135
Atlantis, 137–172
antiquity of, 145
Plato and, 171
Poseidon and, 35
proof of, 166
Santorini and, 164
the Atlantic Ocean and, 153
Troy and, 168
Bay of Nauplia, 61
Bimini, 178
Black Sea, 166
Breton village of Carnac, 177
Chronus, Zeus and, 92
Chumbaba, 19
climatic catastrophe, 187
Crete,
activity on, 69–70
Jason and the Argonauts and, 30–31
Critias, 138–143
Cyclops Wall, 90
Cyclops, 55–56
Delos, 107
Delphi and Thebes, 107
Delphi, 96–98
Epidaurus and, 107
Diodorus, 42
Diomedes, 9
Dodoni, 108
Egypt, Greek gods in, 46
Egyptians, Plato and the, 192
Epic of Gilgamesh, 17, 46
Epidaurus and Delphi, 107
Epidaurus, 60–67, 96
modern-day, 68–69
Eratosthenes, 183
Euclid, 111
extraterrestrials, the Argonautica and, 38
flying pyramid, 54
Galileo Galilei, 112
giants, evidence of, 14–15
Golden Fleece,
Aietes and the, 23
description of the, 13–14
whereabouts of the, 32
Greek
gods in Egypt, 46
mathematicians, 114
measurements of area, 152
measurements of length, 151–152
National Museum, 81
Gyges, tale of, 56–57
Harpies, 17–18
healings, supernatural, 67
Hermes, 101
Hermocrates, 138–143
Herodotus, 47, 163
Hesiod, 50–51, 55
flying chariots and, 56
Zeus and, 52
Homer, 123
Argonautica and, 34
Iliad, 123
Jason and the Argonauts, King Aietes and, 26
Jason,
Crete and, 30
Medeia and, 24
myth of, 9
quest for the Golden Fleece and, 12
Jonah, book of the Prophet, 28
King Aietes, 22–23
Jason and the Argonauts and, 26
King Aison, 9
King Croesus, 101
King Minos, Queen of Sheba and, 79
King Phineus and the Argonauts, 20
King Phineus, 39
King Solomon, 76, 117
Knossos palace, 75
Knossos, 96
destruction of, 77–78
Madonna, statue of the, 68
Mahabharata, 53
Malta, 175
mathematicians, Greek, 114
Mayan kingdom, 196–197
Medeia, Jason and, 24
Minos, 69–70
Minotaur, creation of the, 70
Mycenae, 86–92, 96
Oannes, 28
Odysseus, 124–125
Odyssey, 123–124
Okinawa, 177–178
Olympia, 41, 96
Zeus and, 91
Olympic Games, start of the, 41–42
Parthenon, 94
Phaethon, tale of, 27
Pharaoh kingdoms, calendar and, 48–49
Piri Reis map, 180, 197
Plato, 49, 111
Atlantis and, 171
help for, 173–189
reactions to, 137
Solon and, 161
the Egyptians and, 192
Plato’s dialogue, 147
Pliny the Elder, 77–78
Plutarch, 103
Ponape, 178
Popol Vuh, 17
Poseidon, 10, 167
Ptolemy III, 184
pyramid, flying, 54
Queen of Ethiopia, 117
Queen of Sheba, 76
King Minos and, 79
Reis, Piri, 178–181
Santorini, Atlantis and, 164
Sicily, 71
Socrates, 49, 138–143
Solomon’s flying chariot, 77
Solon, Plato and, 161
Stone Age in ancient Greece, 118
Stone Age, 75
supernatural healings, 67
Talos, Zeus and, 30
temple of Apollo, 101
Thebes, Delphi and, 107
Timaeus, 138–143
Topkapi palace, 179
Treasure House of Atreus, 90
Troy and Atlantis, 168
Troy, 126–135
Atlantis and, 134–135
Homer’s 146
tale of, 87
Zeus, 12, 38, 86
Apollo and, 63
Chronus and, 92
flying eagles and, 96
Olympia and, 91
Talos and, 30
the Argonauts and, 17
About the Author
Born on April 14th, 1935, in Zofingen, Switzerland, Erich von Däniken was educated at the College St. Michel in Fribourg, where he was already occupying 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 best-seller in the United States, Germany, and later in 38 other countries. He won instant fame in the United States as a result of the television special In Search of Ancient Astronauts, which was based on the book. His books have been translated into 32 languages and have sold 63 million copies worldwide. In a more recent offering, Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials, he meticulously investigates the mysteries surrounding the Mayan calendar, its amazing connection to the Ancient Astronaut Theory, and tantalizing information on the extraterrestrials’ prophetic return to Earth.
From his books, two full-length documentary films have been produced, Chariots of the Gods and Messages of the Gods. As of this writing, the History Channel is producing another 15 episodes of the extremely successful series Ancient Aliens, of which Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, of the Center for Ancient Astronaut Research and publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, serves as consulting producer. Season 1 and Season 2 are currently on reruns.
Of the more than 3,000 lectures which Erich von Däniken has given in 25 countries, more than 500 were presented at universities. Fluent in four languages, Erich von Däniken is an avid researcher and a compulsive traveler, averaging 100,000 miles each year to remote spots of the globe. 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 La Universidad Boliviana. He received the Huesped Illustre award from the cities of Ica and Nazca in Peru. In Brazil he received the Lourenço Filho award in Gold and Platinum, and in Germany he was awarded with the Order of Gordon Bleu du Saint Esprit (together with the German astronaut Ulf Merbold). In 2004, he was awarded the Explorers Festival prize.
In 1998, Erich von Däniken cofounded the Archaeology, Astronautics, and SETI research society (AASRS), which publishes the English journal Legendary Times, reporting on the latest research in the paleo-SETI field. In 2003, he opened his “Mysteries of the World” theme park in Interlaken, Switzerland, which still fascinates visitors with his research into the various mysteries of the world, including paleo-SETI and the Ancient Astronaut Theory.
Today, Erich von Däniken lives in the small mountain village of Beatenberg in Switzerland (40 miles from Berne, above the city of Interlaken). He has been married to Elisabeth Skaja since 1960. He has one daughter, Cornelia (born 1963), and two grandchildren. Von Daniken is an amateur chef and a lover of Bordeaux wines.