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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 ...
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Father of 'Ancient Astronaut Theory' Erich von Däniken Dies at 90

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 ...