冯•丹尼肯（Erich von Däniken）：瑞士作家，以其代表作《远古外星人在地球》中“我们信仰的神，都是远古外星人”观点而广为人知，被誉为外星人研究之父。他目前共写有28本相关书籍，其作品被翻译为32种语言，全球销量过7000万册。他曾参与成立寻找地外生命组织（SETI），并负责设计建造了瑞士因特拉肯地区的未解之谜主题公园。

Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eyes of the Sphinx. But here is where it all began--von Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Daniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and the archeological discoveries that prove it... * An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid

* Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts

* Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins

* A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica

* A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes

Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization.