Avesta, 104
Babylonica, 104
Bacon, Sir Francis, 100
Battos, 33
Bavaria, network of lines in, 71-73
Bedal, Karl, 71, 72-73
Beethoven, Ludwig von, 80
Berossus, 104
Black, Henry, 97
Bracewell, Ronald, 108
Brave New World, 108
Britain, applied geometry in ancient, 97
Brittany, menhirs in, 68, 97
Burgard, Hermann, 121
Calais, 73, 75
Carnac, menhirs of, 97
Carthage, 12
Carthaginians, 9, 12
Cathie, Bruce, 97
Cerro de la Cruz, 33
Chefren pyramid, 163
chaotic structure of, 179
inexplicable phenomena in, 177
radiation experiments in, 177, 179
unsolved riddles in, 179
Cheops, 130
as builder of the Great Pyramid, 146, 147, 154, 159, 162-163, 171
father of, 141 (see also Sneferu) possibility of more than one, 162
Cheops pyramid, see Great
Pyramid
Courlet, Louis, 80-81
crazy facts, 71-110
Cueva de Menga, 30 (see also Menga, Granada)
building materials of, 33
“burial chamber” of, 31, 33
ceiling of, 31
unknown origins of, 31
Cuevas del Rey Moro, 33 (see also Menga, Valencia)
Cyrene, 33
Damaged Pyramid, The, 153
Dead Sea Scrolls, 189
Deardorff, James, 108
Didorus of Sicily, 146
Dobecki, Thomas L., 171
dolmen,
Hypogeum of Malta as different
from any other, 51
most impressive and best
preserved, 30, 31
dolmens, Mediterranean,
astronomical orientation of, 70
Dormion, Jean-Patrice, 171
Echo Flight Base, 109
Eden, 27
Eggebrecht, Eva, 130
Egypt,
Great Pyramid of, 130-177, 179-200
Manetho’s list of rulers of ancient, 158-159
myths of, 121
Sphinx of, 171
Sumer and, 121
ellipse of Mzora, 28
unknown origins of, 30
Elysion, see Elysium
Elysium, 75, 80
England, megaliths in, 112
Enoch,
as builder of the Great Pyramid, 152, 163, 188, 189, 192
extraterrestrials and, 152, 189, 193
“heavenly guardians” and, 189, 193
meaning of the name, 152
Enoch’s Clock, 193
Epic of Gilgamesh, 193
Etruscan cultic site, 81
Etruscans, 81
Kabbalah and, 81
knowledge of geometry of, 85
origins of, 85
Euclid, 95-96
Europe,
applied geometry in ley lines across, 97
homogenous civilization in ancient, 75
necessity of a comprehensive overview of, 44
stone and wood circles in, 51
European anthem, 80 (see also “Ode to Joy”)
evolution of technology, 9, 12, 63, 123, 126, 188
false doctrines, 111-200
Flood, the, 147, 152, 159, 163, 171, 188, 189, 192, 193
flying chariots, 105
flying machines, 105
France,
applied geometry in, 97
menhirs in, 51, 68 (see also Brittany and Carnac)
network of lines in, 73, 75, 80-81
place names in, 73, 75
track-like grooves in southern, 44
Feyerabend, Paul, 100 (see also “anything goes” approach)
Gaius Plinius Secundus, 147
Gantenbrink shaft, 177, 178, 186
Garden of Eden, 27
Gavrini, Island of, 51
Garden of the Hesperides, 12,
nymphs and serpent in the, 27
grid, global, 97
creators of, 97, 100
facts, incomprehensible, 100
geometrical knowledge, original source of, 96
Germany, applied geometry throughout, 97
Göbekli Tepe,
age of, 67
description of, 63
meaning of name, 63
mystery of, 68
reason for location of, 67-68
reason for partial burying of, 67
Gohed, Amr, 179
Goidon, Gilles, 171
Goldener Schnitt, see golden ratio golden ratio, 89, 92
Granada, 30
Granger, N. (née Tourtechot), 111
Great Pyramid, 130-177, 179-200
absence of any inscription in, 157
advanced technology inside, 188
age of, 147
anonymous nature of, 157
builder of, 146, 147, 154, 163
construction of, 130, 180, 182-183
Enoch as builder of, 163, 188
Grand Gallery in, 144
hollow spaces in, 171, 176-177
King’s Chamber in, 145
lake under, 192
metal brackets in, 195
metal fittings inside, 171, 176
modern drilling in, 195
planning of, 179, 183, 186-187
possible contents of, 193, 195
reason for construction of, 188, 192
relief chambers in, 145-146
robotic exploration of, 171, 173, 176, 186
salt crystals in, 171
technology used to build, 137
unfamiliar writing in, 158
unknown writing in, 192
Greece,
applied geometry over prehistoric temples in, 97
survey points in, 104
Greek holy sites,
geometrical relationship of, 85
golden ratio and, 89, 92-94
mathematicians of antiquity, 95-96
mythology, 75
sacred sites, megalithic origins of, 95-96
Greeks,
ancient, geodetic surveying
techniques of, 85
prehistoric, surveying skills of, 97
grid squares, 108, 110
Guichard, Xavier, 73, 75
Hausdorf, Hartwig, 67
“heavenly beings” in the Apocalypse of Abraham, 67-68
“heavenly guardians,” Enoch’s, 152, 189, 193
messages from, 199
Hentschel, Peter, 81, 83, 85
Hermes, 147, 152 (see also Enoch)
Herodotus,
opinion regarding the Etruscans, 85
Great Pyramid and, 154, 156, 192
Heyerdahl, Thor, 12
Histories of Herodotus, 156, 192
history of technology, 141
Hitat, 147, 152, 158, 188-189
holy places, location of Franciscan, 85
holy site, druid, 75
holy sites,
buried, 67
Etruscan, 83
geometrical arrangement of, 96
Greek, geometrical relationship of, 85
linear distances between, 81, 92
prehistoric, 75
straight lines connecting Stone Age, 68
Homer, 12
Huxley, Aldous, 108
hypogeum, definition, 51
Hypogeum of Malta, 51-63
acoustics of, 55
creators of, 51-52
discovery of, 51
other dolmen vs., 51
perfect Megalithic style of, 51
purpose of, 52
Stone Age origins of, 51
Ibn Batutta, 152
impossible, suppression of the, 55
intercontinental missiles, immobilization of, 109
Italy,
applied geometry in ancient, 97
central, geometrical network in, 85
mysterious lines in, 81-85
Julius Caesar, 75
Kabbalah, 81
definition of, 83
Tree of Life of, 81, 83, 85
Kabbalistic Tree of Life, see Tree of Life
Kanjilal, Dileep Kumar, 104-105
Kean, Leslie, 109 Kebra Nagast, 105
Kees, Hermann, 145
King Solomon, 105
Knörr, Alexander, 39, 55
Krannich, Paul, 193
Ladon, 27
land surveying, prehistoric, 97, 100, 108
means of, 101, 104
reasons for, 108-110
reason for ancestral, 97
ley lines, applied geometry in, 97
Libya, ancient tracks in, 33
Liks, 9, 27
Lixus, 9, 12, 28 (see also Liks)
Garden of Eden and, 27
megaliths of, 12
mythological origins of, 27
temple of Hercules and, 12
Malmstrom Air Force Base, 109
Malta,
“Clapham Junction” in, 39
Hypogeum of, 51-63
lack of Flint on, 52
temple of Mnajdra on, 55
tracks/“cart ruts” around, 33, 39
transnational nature of ancient, 44
Manetho, 158
Manias, Theophanias, 85, 89
Mariette, Auguste, 111
Mediterranean
region, dolmens in, 70
Sea, tracks in, 39
Megalithic yard, definition, 51
Megalithic structures
in Morocco, 9-30
in Spain, 33
in Turkey, 63
Megalithic
origins of Greek sacred sites, 95
people, absurdity of the idea of a, 100
ruin, 92
structures, astronomical orientation of, 51
style, perfect, 51
temples, 55
megaliths
of Lixus, 12
of Stonehenge, 112
Menga (Granada), 30
Menga (Valencia),
“tram network” and “rails” around, 33
tracks around, 33
Methuselah, 189
Micallef, Paul, 55
Morocco, megalithic structures in, 9-30
Moses Ben Schemtob de Leon, 83
most obvious solution, the, 94-95
Murray, Margaret, 111
Natural History, 12
Naville, Edouard, 111-112
network of lines, global nature of, 97
Neugebauer, Reimund, 96
Novum Organum, 100
Oannes, 104
original teaching, necessity of an, 159
Orion, 112
Osiris, 112 (see also Orion)
as an extraterrestrial, 113
head of, 113
myth of, 112-113
Osireion, 111-113, 122-123, 126, 130
as comparable with megaliths of Stonehenge, 112
evolution of technology and, 126
gods as builders of the, 122
purpose of, 126, 130
reason for name of, 112
Paradise, 27 (see also Eden)
Petrie, Sir Flinders, 111
Phoenicians, 9, 12
Piri Reis, 100
Plato, 95, 96, 104
Platonic vs. Euclidean geometry, 96
Pliny the Elder, 12, 157
preconceptions, necessity of jettisoning, 100
pyramid plateau, evidence of water on, 162-163
pyramids of Egypt,
ancient descriptions of, 146-147, 152, 154, 156-157, 158
reason for building, 152
Pyramid Texts, 113
modern interpretation of, 113, 121
Pythagoras, 68
Pythagorean triangles, 68, 97
Rathas, meaning of, 105
Red Cross, 71
Richter, Jean, 96
religious culture, origins of, 63
Rigveda, 105
Rogowski, Fritz, 94
Romans, 12, 28
sacred sites, Greek, megalithic origins of, 95-96
Salas, Robert, 109
Sardinia, tracks around, 33
Saurid, 147 (see also Enoch and Hermes)
as builder of the Great Pyramid, 147, 189, 192
Schiller, Friedrich, 80
Schoch, Robert M., 171
Schubert, André, 43
Sephirot, 83
Simon Bar Jochai, Rabbi, 83
simple probability, principle of, 94
(see also most obvious solution) pitfalls of, 94-95
Sneferu (ruler), 141
Sneferu (pyramid), erosion on, 163
Spain,
megalithic structures in, 30-31, 33
tracks in, 33
Sphinx, age of, 171
Stone Age
ancestors, categorization of our, 63
architecture, 33
foundations of the temple of Apollo, 94
holy sites, 68
points, Bavarian, 71
settlement, underwater, 75
structure, 31
thinking, 51
Stone Age,
reason for term, 52
use of Flint during, 52
use of metals during, 52
Stone Age Was Quite Different, The, 97
stone and wood circles, astrological orientation of, 51
Stonehenge, 112
Strait of Gibraltar, 9
Sumer, Egypt and, 121
Sumerian
King List, 152, 159
myth, 121
“super galactic communities”
hypothesis, 108 (see also Ronald Bracewell)
survey of Antarctica, 97, 100 (see also Piri Reis)
surveying skills,
Etruscan, 85
prehistoric Greek, 97
surveying techniques, ancient
Greek, 85
Tangier, 9
Temple Hymns of Enheduanna, 121
appropriate contemporary
translation of, 122
descriptions of technology in, 121-122
Timaeus, 96, 104
Topper, Uwe, 33
Tourtechot, see Granger
tracks, ancient, 33-47
author’s opinion regarding, 43-44
possible sources of, 43
timeframe of, 44
underwater, 39, 43
Tree of Life, 81, 83, 85
Turkey, megalithic structures in, 63
Tuscany,
image of the Tree of Life in, 83
network of lines in, 81-85, 97
system of equilateral triangles in, 83
UFO phenomenon, our impotence with regard to, 109
UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Break Their Silence, 109
Viracocha, 112
von Hassler, Gert, 12
wind rose system, 75
Yma, 104
Zarei, Alizera, 153, 171, 195
“zoo hypothesis,” 108-109 (see also James Deardorff)
zoo, monitoring of the, 108-110
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born on April 14, 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 ancient holy writings. While working as managing director of a Swiss 5-star hotel, he wrote his first book, Chariots of the Gods, which was an immediate bestseller 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 that book. His other books, including the more recent Twilight of the Gods and Odyssey of the Gods, have been translated into 32 languages and have sold more than 63 million copies worldwide.
From his books, two full-length documentary films have been produced
, Chariots of the Gods and Messages of the Gods. As well, the History Channel is continuing its extremely successful series Ancient Aliens, for which Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, of the Center for Ancient Astronaut Research and publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, serves as consulting producer.
Of the more than 3,000 lectures that 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 the most remote spots on 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 Cordon 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 Däniken is an amateur chef and a lover of Bordeaux wines.