Erich von Däniken, who claimed aliens built the pyramids, dead at 90

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut movement and sold over 70 million copies, died January 10 in a hospital in central Switzerland, reports Yahoo News. He was 90.

Von Däniken claimed the Mayans and ancient Egyptians were visited by extraterrestrials who taught them advanced technology — the only explanation, he insisted, for how they could have built such impressive structures. — Read the rest

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