The book that began it all--Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds--now offered in a special updated trade edition with a new Introduction by the author.

The book that began it all--Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds--now offered in a special updated trade edition with a new Introduction by the author.

THE SEVEN MILLION COPY BESTSELLER

** The groundbreaking classic that introduced the theory that ancient Earth established contact with aliens.*Immediately recognized as a work of monumental importance, Chariots of the Gods *endures as proof that Earth has been visited repeatedly by advanced aliens from other worlds. Here, Erich von D niken examines ancient ruins, lost cities, spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von D niken's theory that we are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and he reveals the archeological discoveries that prove it... The dramatic discoveries and irrefutable evidence:

• An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid

• Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts

• Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins

• A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica

• A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes** Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.**