The theory that aliens assisted the builders of ancient monuments was popularised by Swiss author Erich von Däniken in his ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

It all stemmed from an extraterrestrial misunderstanding.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Erich von Däniken, who died last week, anticipated the fixation with aliens and conspiracy theories of many podcasts and ...

The mystery of how the Ancient Egyptian pyramids has been reignited by the death of a Swiss author, who famously argued that early human civilisations received help from extra-terrestrial visitors.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself? The idea that aliens assisted the ...