Remnants of the Gods

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by Erich von Daniken


  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, Rudolf, 171

  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

  impossible buildings, 9-70

  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.

 

 

 


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