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Dniken later became a co-founder of the Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association (AAS
RA). He designed Mystery Park (now known as Jungfrau
Park), a theme park located in Interlaken, Switzerland,
that opened in May 2003.[4]
Early life
His rst book, Chariots of the Gods?, had been published by the time of his trial, and its sales allowed him
to repay his debts and leave the hotel business. Dniken
wrote his second book, Gods from Outer Space, while in
prison.[5][12]
2.1
Criticism
In 1966, when Dniken was writing his rst book, scientists Carl Sagan and I. S. Shklovskii wrote about the
possibility of paleocontact and extraterrestrial visitation
claims in one chapter of their book Intelligent Life in the
Universe, leading author Ronald Story to speculate in his
book The Space-gods Revealed that this may have been
the genesis of Dnikens ideas.[15] Many ideas from this
book appeared in dierent form in Dnikens books.
Prior to Dnikens work, other authors had presented
ideas of extraterrestrial contacts. He has failed to credit
these authors properly or at all, even when making the
same claims using similar or identical evidence.[16] The
rst edition of Dnikens Erinnerungen an die Zukunft
failed to cite Robert Charroux's One Hundred Thousand
Years of Mans Unknown History despite making very
similar claims, and publisher Econ-Verlag were forced
to add Charroux in the bibliography in later editions, to
avoid a possible lawsuit for plagiarism.[17]
2.1.1
In Chariots of the Gods?, Dniken wrote that a nonrusting iron pillar in Delhi, India, was evidence of extraterrestrial inuence.[19] In a later Playboy interview,
when told that the column actually showed some signs of
rust and its method of construction was well understood,
Dniken said that since writing the book he had learned of
investigations reaching other conclusions, and no longer
considered the pillar to be a mystery.[20][21]
In The Gold of the Gods, Dniken wrote of being guided
through articial tunnels in a cave under Ecuador, Cueva
de los Tayos, containing gold, strange statues and a library with metal tablets, which he considered to be
evidence of ancient space visitors. The man who he
said showed him these tunnels, Juan Moricz, told Der
Spiegel that Dnikens descriptions came from a long
conversation and that the photos in the book had been
ddled.[22] Dniken told Playboy that although he had
seen the library and other places he had described, he
had fabricated some of the events to add interest to his
book.[12][23][24] Later in 1978 he said that he had never
been in the cave pictured in his book but in a side entrance, and that he had fabricated the whole descent into
the cave.[24] A geologist examined the area and found no
cave systems.[22] Dniken also wrote about a collection of
gold objects held by local priest Father Crespi, who had
special permission from the Vatican to do archaeological
research.[22] But an archeologist reported to Der Spiegel
that, while there were some gold pieces, many were just
local imitations for tourists, and that Crespi has diculty
distinguishing brass from gold.[22]
Dr. Samuel Rosenberg said that the Book of Dzyan, referred to by Dniken,[25] was a fabrication superimposed
on a gigantic hoax concocted by Madame Blavatsky. He
also says that the Tulli Papyrus, cited by Dniken in one
of his books,[25] is probably cribbed from the Book of
Ezekiel, and quoted Dr. Nolli (through Dr. Walter Ramberg, Scientic Attache at the U.S. embassy in Rome),
then current Director of the Egyptian Section of the Vatican Museum, as suspect[ing] that Tulli was taken in
and that the papyrus is a fake.[26] According to NYTs
Richard R. Lingerman, it is likely that Dniken obtained
these references from UFO books that mentioned them
as real documents.[25]
Dniken brought the Nazca Lines to public prominence
in Chariots of the Gods?[27] with his proposal that the
lines were built on instructions from extraterrestrial beings as airelds for their spaceships.[28] In his 1998 book
Arrival of The Gods, he added that some of the pictures
depicted extraterrestrials.[28] The idea did not originate
with Dniken; it began after people who rst saw the
2.1
Criticism
BOOKS
4 Books
Chariots of the Gods? (Souvenir Press Ltd, 1969)
Return to the Stars (Souvenir Press Ltd, 1970) ISBN
0-285-50298-0
Gods from Outer Space (Bantam,1972; reprint of
Return to the Stars)
The Gold of the Gods (Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973)
ISBN 0-285-62087-8
Miracles of the Gods: A Hard Look at the Supernatural (Souvenir Press Ltd, 1975) ISBN 0-285-621742
In Search of Ancient Gods: My Pictorial Evidence
for the Impossible (Corgi books, 1976) ISBN 0-55210073-0
According to the Evidence (Souvenir Press, 1977)
ISBN 0-285-62301-X
Signs of the Gods (Corgi books, 1980) ISBN 0-55211716-1
Popularity
Reviewing the two-disc DVD release of Roland Emmerich's lm Stargate, Dean Devlin referred to the Is
There a Stargate?" feature where author Erich von
Dniken discusses evidence he has found of alien visitations to Earth.[47]
Dniken is an occasional presenter on the History Channel and H2 show Ancient Aliens, where he talks about aspects of his theories as they pertain to each episode.
Dniken is a member of the Swiss Writers Association,
the German Writers Association and the International
PEN Club. He was awarded with an honorary doctorate 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 Lourenco 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.
4.1
German language
Pseudoarchaeology
Oolon Colluphid/Professor Eric von Contrick, ctional characters based on Erich von Dniken.
Cueva de los Tayos
David Icke
Zecharia Sitchin, another individual who has made
similar claims of ancient humans being visited by
advanced extraterrestrial intelligence.
7 Further reading
Mauz, Gerhard von (July 1970), Wie es unser Explorand sehr schn zeigt, Der Spiegel (in German)
6 See also
Films
Ferry Radax: Mit Erich von Dniken in Peru (With
Erich von Dniken in Peru, 1982). A documentary.
8 References
[1] Fagan, Brian M. (2000). In the beginning: an introduction to archaeology (10th ed.). Prentice-Hall. pp. 17
18. ISBN 978-0-13-030731-6. Flamboyant pseudoarchaeology of the type espoused by von Dniken and Hancock will always appeal to people who are impatient
[2] Orser, Charles E. (2003). Race and practice in archaeological interpretation. University of Pennsylvania Press.
p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8122-3750-4.
[3] Fritze, Ronald H. (2009). Invented Knowledge: False History, Fake Science and Pseudo-religions. Reaktion Books.
pp. 13, 200, 201. ISBN 978-1-86189-430-4.
[4] Mystery Park, Interlaken. Switzerland Flexitours. 8
April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
[5] Playboy, August 1974 (volume 21, number 8)
[6] Story(1976), p1
[7] Peter Krassa, Disciple of the Gods: A Biography of Erich
von Dniken (W. H. Allen & Co., Ltd, 1976, ISBN 0-35230262-3), p. 74
[8] Story, Ronald (1976). The space-gods revealed : a close
look at the theories of Erich von Dniken. New York:
Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-014141-7.
[9] Wilhelm Utermann (in German), Eintrag im Lexikon
westflischer Autorinnen und Autoren.
[10] Der Spiegel, 5202660, Wie es unser Explorand sehr schn
zeigt, by Gerhard Mauz, 1970, Nr.7, 1970-02-09, page 98
REFERENCES
External links
Erich von Dnikens ocial homepage
Publications by and about Erich von Dniken in the
catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
AAS RA homepage
The Prophet of the Space Gods SkepticReport article
Dniken entry from the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceight
Von Dnikens Chariots: A Primer in the Art of
Cooked Science Skeptical Inquirer Winter 1976
Secret History of the Gods w/ Erich von Dniken
(2014 interview), on The Russell Scott Show
Fagan, Brian (29 November 1998).
Maybe
Not; ARRIVAL OF THE GODS; By Erich von
Daniken. Los Angeles Times. p. 9.
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