Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

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In the 1970s, author Erich von Däniken was a household name, not only in his native Switzerland, but also in the U.S. and ...

Erich von Daeniken, the Swiss author known for his ancient-alien theories, has died at 90. His 1968 book, 'Chariots of the ...

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Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both ...

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