Chariots of the Gods: 50th Anniversary Edition

Wonderfully narrated the epic tale of Ramayan through Sita’s perspective. The narrative cuts the noise on the Great War which we are already aware of. It delves more on the simple version of the poignant tale of Queen Sita, how life treated her and leaves us with a deeper human touch on the hardships, her loneliness and her predicaments. Loved the read and the author has won hearts again.

This books all chapters contains a very basic thoughts to find a way for the some civilizations/ monuments which were built thousands of years ago like pyramid, stone carving of tons of stone thiwanco etc but not possible to made again with our so called modern technology/ how our ancestors are know about planes/astronomy/nuclear type weopon, life is not only existed earth but in cosmos as well. Based on hypothesis writer pseudoscience. I have read 50th years anniversary edition, so if you also have interest to deep down in ancient history so just get the book.

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A tiny 150 page book packed with historical and archeological information, seemingly meant for the skeptical scientific community who were "refusing" to "believe" in aliens. The author provides us with an enormous amount of information that is heavily mythological and he invites us to look differently into all of those cave drawings and thombs of Egypt. It really reminded me of a program "ANCIENT ALLIENS" by the HISTORY CHANNEL. Another book that this reminded me of was "Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harrari. I can't say wether I liked this book. I guess it was not what I was expecting. I was expecting something a bit more New Agey and "woo-woo" (which I enjoy), but this was more scientific and "clever", at times futuristic and "Star-Trekkish" but at the same time it didn't seem shocking or like "news". Everything seemed known or heard before, so either I'm reading at the bad time or it just wasn't what I was looking for. Nevertheless, I'm happy to have read this book because I've heard people talking about it, so it's great to know why.

In 1968, it must have been an avant- garde publication. Now, in 2022, it is just a madcap book. While no alien sighting has actually been verified yet, the idea of aliens visiting us regularly, or even living among us incognito, has become all too quotidian. Even kids are familiar with the concept, thanks to animated series like Men in Black and Ben 10. Today, this book will only please die-hard believers in aliens who are likely to discover many “proofs” in support of their belief. What I find more interesting is the way the discourse on aliens in this book is still tinged with Americentrism and Eurocentrism. Of course, the author could not understandably overcome the common prejudices of his times. Nor could he have foreseen Asian (India and China’s) progress in space science in 1968. Still, the book reveals how Eurocentrism and Americentrism infect even apparently objective works. This makes it an interesting read for me.

I was just casually searching through various titles here when ‘Chariots of the Gods’ caught my attention and when I read the description, it really intrigued me. So I placed the order and as always Amazon was quick to deliver the item in an excellent condition. I’m a person who has always believed in something mysterious, the unfathomable way the nature works. I had also watched the ‘Ancient Aliens’ series on History TV and a new aspect of the ancient times opened the shutter of my mind. Then I came across this spectacular book. I’m just halfway through the book and it is mind boggling! No one has to believe anything blindly. This book provides us ample sources of unshakable evidences that extraterrestrial beings did visit our own planet. It is not fictitious! If we really open our eyes, the evidences are all around the world. A new and justified angle to see our past is bestowed on us by this remarkable book. And the mind is flooded with rivulets of thought that there indeed are traces of ‘unknown intelligences’ on our earth. P.S. as it can be seen from the image that the book is small in size but who said size matters!

But it is a very good book to read if you are interested in Pyramids. One star less only for quality.

When we see the world around us today, science has changed the way we think and live our lives, making things easier for us in every aspects. However, with the passage of time, science has blindfolded us to such an extent that anything beyond science is termed as madness. People also use science as a tool to their advantage and that is where the battle of supremacy comes in to play. Act of hiding details and the act of manipulation follows. When I think in my ideal time about various things, I realize that science is far behind, and knows little or nothing. Whether its about big bang theory or the human evolution, there are many unanswered questions. When I see the various beings in this world (humans, animals, birds, mammals, plants or anything like that), it makes me believe that just a coincidence of one comet hitting another would not have caused this beautiful creation. So the question comes to my mind, who created it and why? And that is where science imposes its ideas on us ignoring the historical facts and monuments. I believe the key to many of these questions lies not in the science, but in religious books and texts, which if we could interpret them correctly, would answer most of our questions.

Very entertaining and provides an alternative point of view, for the open minded. The author does not assert what he is suggesting is true or factual, moreover all the author does is asks questions about the possibilities of the past and then draws possible conclusions. A good read and well researched and explained.

I had already heard about the theories of extraterrestrials visiting earlier human civilizations, but had never read such a competing and fascinating account of the several evidences that led to said theories. I'm looking forward to reading the other books by von Daniken.

It’s a great book, I recommend it to everybody. Couldn’t put it down

Peu importe ce que l'on pense des théories sur les extraterrestres, ce livre offre des pistes de réflexion et pose des questions tout à fait pertinentes sur le bien fondé de l'Histoire actuelle et de nos origines. Attention, livre en anglais mais relativement simple à lire.

I've always been fascinated by ancient aliens theories, so after checking the positive reviews I decided to buy this book. I know Mr. Von Däniken from many tv shows I watched and I can confirm, I'm not disappointed in his narration. It's captivating and keeps you excited during the reading. I just wish that the author would publish a renewed version with colour pictures and updates, since the book dates a few decades already, is written very small, and pictures aren't of a great quality. But, this doesn't mean I don't enjoy the book. I highly suggest it to everyone who is ready to edpand their minds and understand that mainstream archeology isn't always right about our past.