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

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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

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.