Gods from Outer Space: Return to the Stars, or Evidence for the Impossible [Hardcover]

Erich Von Daniken (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group (January 2004)
• ISBN-10: 0399103449
• ISBN-13: 978-0399103445
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,545,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Connecting aliens and archaeology, December 9, 2004

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Gagewyn (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gods from Outer Space: Return to the Stars, or Evidence for the Impossible (Hardcover)

In this follow up to Chariots of the Gods Daniken looks for evidence of aliens' past visits to earth by examining archaeology. Many cultures from the past show rays projecting from the heads of the people they portray. Large carved rocks are hard to explain. Using technology of the time they would have been very tedious to erect.

Throughout the book Daniken asks, "How could they do this without help from aliens?" or "Is this a carving of an alien?" Sometimes his analysis of what he finds is way off, as when he describes a carving of a person inside a carved circular decoration and captions it as a person in a "spherical spaceship" Art historians can have a laugh at Daniken's expense.

There is good archaeology here. The book is a fast read with many illustrations to back up points.

Chapters:

Interstellar Space Flight is Possible

On the Track of Life

A "Sunday" Archaeologist Asks Questions

Mankind's Storehouse of Memory

The Sphere the Ideal Shape for Spacecraft

The Science Fiction of Yesterday is Tomorrow's Reality

Conversations in Moscow

Ancient Sites That Deserve Investigation

Easter Island: An Inexhaustible Topic

To India to Consult the Sacred Texts

The Perversions of Our Ancestors

Questions and still more Questions

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pseudoscience, December 21, 2001

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JimmyCrackCornIDontCare (the pacific northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gods from Outer Space: Return to the Stars, or Evidence for the Impossible (Hardcover)

Gods from Outer Space discusses, among other things, the spheres of Costa Rica, the statues on Easter Island, Vimana (flying machines) in ancient Vedic literature, and the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque.

Overall it's a good review of ancient mysteries-- which you might learn a thing or two from. But von Daniken has little evidence to support his extraterrestrial hypothesis.