Erich von Däniken

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (born 14 April 1935) is a Swiss bestselling author of several books which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture. According to Däniken, books in his series have been translated into 32 languages and have sold more than 63 million copies. The claims are considered pseudoscience by academic archeologists and historians.

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