'Chariots of the Gods' Author Erich von Däniken Dead at 90

Born in 1935 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, von Däniken was the son of a cloth manufacturer and grew up under strict religious ...
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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 ...